Vunakanau Aerodrome, New Britain, C.I.U., T-42 [cartographic material] / compilation, C.I.U., Directorate of Intelligence, Allied Air Forces, S.W.P.A.

Collection type Library
Author Allied Air Forces. South West Pacific Area. Directorate of Intelligence. Central Interpretation Unit.;
Call Number G8161.P6
Document type Cartographic Material
Year 1943.
Pagination 1 map : col. ; 19 x 19 cm., on sheet 21 x 21 cm.
Publisher Allied Air Forces,
Note Air navigation orientation map of the area around Vunakanau Aerodrome, near Rabaul, on the northeast coast of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Scale ca. 1:500,000. Shows the Pacific Ocean, bays and prominent capes, islands, Vunakanau, Keravat, Tobera, Lakunai and Rapopo Aerodromes, populated places, main roads, rivers, plantations and other vegetation and terrain features. Includes navigational distance circles and compass readings indicating "magnetic bearings toward the target". Relief shown by contours, gradient tints and spot heights. "9th October 1943". Includes, on verso, aerial photo of the Vunakanau runway and vicinity (scale ca. 1:24,000) showing gun emplacements, stores and personnel areas, fuel and bomb dumps, and garden plots.
Place made Brisbane :

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