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| Keywords: Vella Lavella airfield Dec 1943.jpg Vella Lavella airfield in the solomons on 10 December 1943 Visible U S Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Marine fighter squadrons VMF-123 and VMF-124 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats a Douglas SBD Dauntless and RNZAF Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk IV P-40F on the primitive runway at Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands which was seized in the summer of 1943 and served as a base of operations to support landings by Allied forces in the Treasury Islands and at Cape Torokina Bougainville The swift advance of Allied forces in the South Pacific soon bypassed Vella Lavella and the airfield ceased operations in September 1944 less than a year after the first aircraft arrived U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1996 253 7152 012 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 23404 reftable ecatalogue refirn 15709 QueryPage 2FQuery php 1943-12-10 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Solomon Islands Campaign Vought F4U Corsair Grumman F6F Hellcat Douglas SBD Dauntless Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Marine Attack Squadron 124 Barakoma Airfield | ||||
