It was built by the
Imperial Japanese at Mokerang Plantation shortly after
Lorengau Airfield during
World War II and liberated during the
Battle of Los Negros as part of the
Admiralty Islands campaign. The
836th Engineer Aviation Battalion and
Seabee constructed two runways long × wide and overruns at each end, and the 104th Naval Construction Battalion and 46th Naval Construction Battalion built the taxiways and dispersal areas as part of
Manus Naval Base. The runways had a bearing WNW/ESE 114 degrees/294 degrees magnetic. A storage depot for 30,000 barrels of fuel was stockpiled at Mokerang. The airfield was abandoned at the end of the war and has been reclaimed by vegetation.
Units based at Mokerang •
13th Air Force (13th Air Task Force) •
307th Bombardment Group HQ •
424th Bombardment Squadron (
B-24s) •
370th Bombardment Squadron (B-24s) •
371st Bombardment Squadron (B-24s) •
372nd Bombardment Squadron (B-24s) • XIII Bomber Command, 13th Air Force •
18th Fighter Group,
419th Night Fighter Squadron (detachment)
P-61s ==References==