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Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo or Naval Base Espiritu Santo, most often just called Espiritu Santo, was a major advance Naval base that the U.S. Navy Seabees built during World War II to support the Allied effort in the Pacific. [1] The base was located on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides, now Vanuatu, in the South Pacific.
Luganville Airfield or Bomber Field #3 is a former World War II airfield on the island of Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands at the Espiritu Santo Naval Base.
Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) units based at Palikulo included: No. 1 (Islands) Group Headquarters from 1 March 1943-January 1944 [ 3 ] No. 3 Squadron operating Lockheed Hudsons from 9 October-6 December 1942 [ 3 ] : 138 and later operating Lockheed Venturas in July 1944 [ 3 ] : 277
The island belongs to the archipelago of the New Hebrides in the Pacific region of Melanesia. It is in the Sanma Province of Vanuatu. The town of Luganville, on Espiritu Santo's southeast coast, is Vanuatu's second-largest settlement and the provincial capital. Roads run north and west from Luganville, but most of the island is far from the ...
New Hebrides, officially the New Hebrides Condominium (French: Condominium des Nouvelles-Hébrides) and named after the Hebrides in Scotland, was the colonial name for the island group in the South Pacific Ocean that is now Vanuatu.
F6F-3 Hellcats of VF-40 at Turtle Bay A TBF-1C of No. 30 Squadron RNZAF at Turtle Bay, February 1944 VMF-214 at Turtle Bay in September 1943. The first bases on Espiritu Santo were established by the U.S. Navy as defensive bases to guard the existing facility at Efate and to support the Solomon Islands Campaign, however its strategic location led to its expansion into one of the largest ...
This is a list of PT boat bases used by the US Navy during World War II. ... New Hebrides – Bases 1,2,3,15; Tulagi – Bases 1,2,8 ... Woodlark Island – Advanced ...
Luganville Seaplane Base is a former World War II seaplane base in the Segond Channel between the islands of Espiritu Santo and Aore Island in the New Hebrides Islands at the Espiritu Santo Naval Base.