Carney Airfield

Carney Airfield
Part of Thirteenth Air Force

Location of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
Coordinates 09°26′07.20″S 160°09′30.40″E / 9.4353333°S 160.1584444°E / -9.4353333; 160.1584444
Type Military Airfield
Site information
Controlled by United States Army Air Forces
United States Navy
Site history
Built 1943
In use 1943-1944

Carney Airfield is a former World War II airfield on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. It is located near Koli Point about six miles from Henderson Field, close to the Metapona River to the east and the Naumbu River to the west. The airfield was abandoned after the war and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.

History

Also known as Bomber 2 Field, Carney Airfield is named for Captain J.V. Carney, USNR Civil Engineer Corps who was Commanding Officer of Naval Construction Battalion 14 (SeaBees) who was killed 16 December 1942 flying aboard an SBD Dauntless.

Designed as a fighter airfield, Carney hosted a number of USAAF command organizations and fighter squadrons, along with United States Navy PBY-4 Catalina squadrons.

Units assigned were:

A Northrop P-61 Black Widow of the 419th Night Fighter Squadron taxiing at Carney Airfield in 1944

After the war, the airfield was abandoned, and has fallen into a state of disuse.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

External links

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