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Following the Allied invasion of the Northern Solomon Islands on October 25–27, 1943, an airstrip was built on Stirling Island by the 87th Naval Construction Battalion. Stirling Airfield was then used to support a campaign to neutralize Japanese air power at Rabaul.

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Also known as "Coronus Strip", the airfield was used by:

• 42d Bombardment Group, 20 January–August 1944
• 347th Fighter Group, 15 January-15 August 1944
• Special Task Air Group STAG-1 (TDR)
• VMB-413 operating PBJs
• VMD-254 operating PB4Ys

Stirling Airfield is still in use today by the Solomons Airlines.

• USAAF in the South Pacific

{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.
• {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 20, 2016 |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070127174833/http://www.solomonairlines.com.au/domesticroutemap.htm Solomon Airlines Routes]

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Category:Airports in the Solomon Islands

Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II

Category:1943 establishments in the Solomon Islands

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