Henderson Field (World War II airfield)

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Henderson Field was a strategically crucial World War II airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, fiercely contested during the Guadalcanal Campaign and later becoming the site of today’s Honiara International Airport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II site ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
alliedCodename Cactus ⓘ
associatedWith Cactus Air Force ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign ⓘ
beganConstructionBy Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
captureDate 1942-08-07 ⓘ
capturedBy United States Marine Corps ⓘ
captureOperation Operation Watchtower ⓘ
conflict Guadalcanal Campaign ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
controlledBy Imperial Japan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
currentSite Honiara International Airport ⓘ
firstAlliedAircraftLanded 1942-08-20 ⓘ
garrisonedBy 1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ
U.S. Army units on Guadalcanal ⓘ
laterBecame Honiara International Airport ⓘ
locatedIn Guadalcanal ⓘ
Guadalcanal Province ⓘ
Solomon Islands ⓘ
locatedNear Honiara ⓘ
Lunga Point ⓘ
namedAfter Lofton R. Henderson ⓘ
namedFor Major Lofton R. Henderson ⓘ
notableBattle Battle for Henderson Field ⓘ
Battle of Edson's Ridge ⓘ
Battle of the Tenaru ⓘ
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ⓘ
partOf Cactus Air Force operations ⓘ
region Pacific theater of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
runwaySurface coral ⓘ
status converted to civilian airport after World War II ⓘ
strategicImportance air superiority over Guadalcanal and surrounding waters ⓘ
control of sea lanes between United States and Australia ⓘ
subjectOf Battle for Henderson Field (October 23–26, 1942) ⓘ
Guadalcanal campaign histories ⓘ
theater South Pacific Area ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedFor dive bomber operations ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ
reconnaissance flights ⓘ

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Honiara International Airport → namedAfter → Henderson Field (World War II airfield) ⓘ
Lungga River → nearbyInfrastructure → Henderson Field (World War II airfield) ⓘ
Battle of Bloody Ridge → relatedAirfield → Henderson Field on Guadalcanal ⓘ
linked to: Henderson Field (World War II airfield)
Battle of Ilu River → objectiveJapan → recapture Henderson Field ⓘ
linked to: Henderson Field (World War II airfield)