Attachment A – Pilot Strip Maps
1. Pilot’s Reference Strip (Front and Back) – Solomon Islands
2. Vila and Monda Point Airdromes - New Georgia Group
3. Kahili and Ballale Airdomes – Bougainvile Island
4. Buka Passage Airdrome – Buka Island
5. San Cristobal to Buka Island, N.A.C.I. COMSOPAC Patrol Chart No. 2A
The maps in the next section, Maps 1., are from a Pilot’s reference strip map of the Solomon Islands, Reproduced by 955th Engr. Topo. Co., 4th photo. RCN., & Map. GP. for AC of S, A-2. 13th Air Force, Aug., 1943 -Printed on map.
Both the front and back of the Pilot Strip Map are shown. The three maps on the back of the strip are enlarged in the following three sections, Maps 2, 3. & 4, that follow the Map 1.
Markings occur on Kolombangara Island close to “Villa Airdrome,” on New Georgia Island at the Munda Point Airdrome, on Bougainville Island at the Kahili Airdrome and on Ballale Island Airdrome, and on Buka Island at the Buka Passage Airdrome and appear to have been added by hand for further identification.
The last map, Map 5., is one sided only. This map is identified as from Reproduction Section 1st AVN. ENG. BN. J70P37-6.25.43.
Note that Map 1., both sides, and Map 5. may be downloaded for a better display of the maps.
Download both sides of Strip Map, Reproduced by 955th Engr. Topo. Co., 4th photo. RCN., & Map. GP. for AC of S, A-2. 13th Air Force, Aug., 1943:
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5. San Cristobal to Buka Island, N.A.C.I. COMSOPAC Patrol Chart No. 2A.