Carney Airfield

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.

Carney Airfield
Part of Thirteenth Air Force
Location of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
Coordinates09°26′07.20″S 160°09′30.40″E
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
United States Navy
Site history
Built1943
In use1943-1944

History

Also known as Bomber 2 Field, Carney Airfield is named for Captain J.V. Carney, USN a Naval Aviator who was Commanding Officer of Acorn Red One and of Naval Construction Battalion 14 (SeaBees) who was killed 16 December 1942 while taking off from the field, he was the pilot of 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
  • VB-106 (PBY-4)
  • VMD-254 (PBY-4)
  • VB-101 (PB4Y-1)
  • VB-102 (PB4Y-1)
  • VB-104 (PB4Y-1)

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

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See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

  • 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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