The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. June 1944. Aerial view of Mokerang airfield on the northwest tip of Los Negros, five miles NNW of Momote with two runways of 8000 feet x 150 feet and 500 feet overuns at each end, and bearing WNW/ESE 114 degrees/294 degrees Magnetic. Consolidated B24 Liberator bomber aircraft can be seen in parking bays although many were absent on an operation at the time. Nine Northrop P61 Black Widow night fighters are parked at the far end of the No. 2 rolled coronus (coral) runway.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. July 1944. A north to south aerial view of Momote airfield. The single runway of 7800 feet by 130 feet bearing SSE/NNW 150 degrees/330 degrees Magnetic was m
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. 1944. A section of the road that connected Momote airfield at the southern end of Los Negros with Mokerang airfield at the northern end.
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. July 1944. Los Negros Military Cemetery and Momote Chapel on the shore of Hyane Harbour at the northern end of Momote airfield. Trucks on the road at left ar
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. 1944. US Navy dragline equipment mining coronus (marine coral deposits) for construction of airfields, roads and camp sites around Momote and Mokerang airfie
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. June 1944. An aerial view from north to south over Hyane Harbour in the foreground and Momote airfield. The 7800 feet x 130 feet single coronus (coral) runwa
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. June 1944. An aerial view of the Momote airfield and aircraft dispersal areas viewed from the south and looking northwards across the airfield area to Hyane
