Fishermans Airfield

Fishermans Airfield Daugo Island Airfield
Part of Fifth Air Force
Located near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 09°30′47.64″S 147°03′02.06″E / 9.5132333°S 147.0505722°E / -9.5132333; 147.0505722
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1944
In use	1944

Fishermans Airfield (also known as Daugo Island Airfield) is a former World War II airfield near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It was part of a multiple-airfield complex in the Port Moresby area, located offshore of Port Moresby. The island's name is derived from the names of the island's two villages - Dag (on the western tip) and Ugo (eastern tip). It is also known as Fisherman's Island.

The airfield on the island was built by the RAAF c. 1944 as an emergency airfield. It was abandoned and has been disused since the war.

See also

• USAAF in the Southwest Pacific
• Port Moresby Airfield Complex

Kila Airfield (3 Mile Drome)

Wards Airfield (5 Mile Drome)

Jackson Airfield (7 Mile Drome)

Berry Airfield (12 Mile Drome)

Schwimmer Airfield (14 Mile Drome)

Durand Airfield (17 Mile Drome)

Rogers (Rarona) Airfield (30 Mile Drome)

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• www.pacificwrecks.com

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Previously: Philippine Department Air Force (1941); Far East Air Force (1941-1942)

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