Vella Lavella
Vella Lavella är en ö i Västprovinsen, Salomonöarna. Den är belägen väster om New Georgia men betraktas som en av öarna i New Georgia öarna. I väster ligger Treasury Islands.
Havet runt ön var platsen för sjöslaget vid Vella Lavella under andra världskriget.
Under andra världskriget var Vella Lavella hemmabas för VMF-214 ("Black Sheep," ledda av Gregory Boyington). För enkelhetens skull omdöpte TV-serien Baa, Baa, Black Sheep ön "Vella La Cava."
Google Earth bilder visar vad som kan vara resterna av Marines' airfield.
Galleri
Taget den 10 december 1943. Detta foto visar Vought F4U-1 Corsair flygplan ur VMF-123 och VMF-124, Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats, en Douglas SBD Dauntless och RNZAF Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IV (P-40F) på den primitiva landningsbanan på Vella Lavella.
Vella Lavella-flicka med målat ansikte och skalprydnader, c. 1900.
Externa länkar
- "My Journey to Vella Lavella" En reseskildring av en sällsynt västerländsk besökare till ön, från september 1997.
Media som används på denna webbplats
Vella Lavella girl with painted face and shell ear ornaments, Solomon islands.jpg
Vella Lavella girl with painted face and shell ear ornaments, Solomon islands. Original albumen photograph, c 1900 (unmounted)
Vella Lavella girl with painted face and shell ear ornaments, Solomon islands. Original albumen photograph, c 1900 (unmounted)
Vella Lavella airfield Dec 1943.jpg
Vella Lavella airfield in the solomons on 10 December 1943. Visible U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Marine fighter squadrons VMF-123 and VMF-124, Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats, a Douglas SBD Dauntless, and RNZAF Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IV (P-40F) on the primitive runway at Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands, which was seized in the summer of 1943 and served as a base of operations to support landings by Allied forces in the Treasury Islands and at Cape Torokina, Bougainville. The swift advance of Allied forces in the South Pacific soon bypassed Vella Lavella and the airfield ceased operations in September 1944, less than a year after the first aircraft arrived.
Vella Lavella airfield in the solomons on 10 December 1943. Visible U.S. Marine Corps Vought F4U-1 Corsair aircraft of Marine fighter squadrons VMF-123 and VMF-124, Grumman F6F-3 Hellcats, a Douglas SBD Dauntless, and RNZAF Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.IV (P-40F) on the primitive runway at Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands, which was seized in the summer of 1943 and served as a base of operations to support landings by Allied forces in the Treasury Islands and at Cape Torokina, Bougainville. The swift advance of Allied forces in the South Pacific soon bypassed Vella Lavella and the airfield ceased operations in September 1944, less than a year after the first aircraft arrived.