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	Alexishafen
		21 km north of Madang, is the German mission of Alexishafen.
		A second strip, Alexishafen II (Danip) is located to the NNW of Alexishafen.
		Alexishafen was the first airfield in the South Pacific that the Japanese attempted to demolish the runway with aerial bombs, and set booby traps in the area.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/png_alexishafen.html (968 words)

	Transport - German New Guinea - German Neuguinea railways 19th Century (1884 - 1914)
		Father Limbrock purchased what was described as swampland at Alexishafen, where a large steam-powered sawmill was in operation by the end of 1905.
		Alexishafen mission, the sawmill and the railway were destroyed by bombing during World War II.
		A new sawmill was established on the river bank adjacent to the station using salvaged equipment from Alexishafen and Japanese operations in the region.
	www.pngbuai.com /300socialsciences/transport/railgerman2a.html (3738 words)

	Alexishafen Mission
		On June 13, 1944 a group of 200 men of the USN 91st Battalion arrived to begin construction with materials from Finschafen and Milne Bay, to establish the base on Bostrem Bay, on a peninsula off Alexishafen (possibly also on Megas Island and Ulimal Island also).
		The mission's sign is made from a large Japanese propeller, probably from a bomber from Alexishafen.
		Also, the stations of the cross are painted onto large ship screws, probably from wrecks or abandoned equipment in the harbor area.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/png_alexishafen_mission.html (414 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Ryukichi Oda’s recently arrived 26th FR at the forward airstrip at Alexishafen (the unit’s main base was But-West).
		Alexishafen was heavily bombed on November 9th the day the original orders were issued.
		It seems that after the events at Alexishafen several assault bombers of the Capt. Kunihiko Takano’s 3rd chutai, 26th FR were concentrated at Tuluvu as the regiment’s Tuluvu Expeditionary Force.
	www.j-aircraft.com /research/rdunn/tuluvu/tuluvu_8.htm (1790 words)

	5th AAF, March 1944
		Japanese HQ and troops are hit by 25 other aircraft in the Aitape-Tadji area; P-47s hit barges at Alexishafen while P-39s hit a HQ and supply dump along the Bogadjim Road: and A-20s hit barges near Pondo Plantation and hit Ewasse village.
		In New Guinea, nearly 100 B-24s, B-25s, A-20s and P-47s hit numerous targets in the Aitape, Wewak, Alexishafen, and Hansa Bay areas; and B-24s bomb Babo and during the night attack shipping in the Bismarck Sea.
		In New Guinea, P-39s and P-40s hit Alexishafen with a dive bombing and strafing attack at midday; a single B-24 bombs nearby Sek Island; other B-24s on armed reconnaissance score a hit on a minesweeper.
	www.kensmen.com /mar44.html (1685 words)

	22 BG's LAST B-25 MISSIONS
		As a result, Alexishafen had almost become a really peaceful spot and now the boys could cruise around as they pleased, lining up the target in a leisurely manner.
		Within a short time it was apparent that the primary target would have to be shelved because of the weather and Alexishafen, the secondary target, be presented with a load of demolition bombs instead.
		It was a familiar target, for during the past month or so, the boys had often stared down at the Alexishafen drome through a murky fog of bursting ack-ack day in and day out.
	www.klimesh.com /redraiders/stories/B-25_Last_Missions.html (1105 words)

	How to Navigate in CFS
		It is not a "mission" that you load, but rather a practical use of the tools to fly a Round Robin from Port Moresby to Lae to Alexishafen and return to Port Moresby.
		ALEXISHAFEN- S 05*04.85 E 145.47.89 ADF setting is 200, Heading about 345 from LAE.
		We won't have any range information to Alexishafen, but we know it is less than 150 miles because that is the maximum range of the NDB.
	www.simviation.com /gryphon/tutorials/nav1.htm (1652 words)

	Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		It had in 1909 twenty-two priests, seventeen lay brothers, and twenty-nine sisters; there are no native priests, the mission being too new.
		A cathedral is already planed, St. Michael's in Alexishafen.
		Seven English miles north of it is Alexishafen, superior in every way to Friedrich Wilhelmshafen.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen08.html?term=Kaiserwilhelmsland (400 words)

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		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, B-24's and medium bombers bomb the Alexishafen, Madang, and Bogadjim areas and attack barges from Finschhafen to Saidor; and P-39's hit barges and gun positions during a sweep from Sio to Bogadjim.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, B-24's and B-25's bomb the Alexishafen and Bogadjim areas; A-20's attack targets along the road from Bogadjim to Yaula; B-25's attack targets of opportunity on the Huon Peninsula and others hit the Borgen Bay area; and P-39's strafe barges at Borgen and Rein Bays.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (SWPA, Fifth Air Force): In New Guinea, fighters and bombers attack Alexishafen, Madang, Bogadjim, Uligan Harbor, and the area E of Saidor; and Cape Beechey is strafed by P-40's.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/airforce/wwii_chronology/jan_44.txt (10897 words)

	Papua New Guinea Association - Emery R
		We also had to go to Alexishafen where the Roman Catholic Mission had their own drome.
		We put their drome out of commission altogether by digging holes all up and down the runway and putting tree trunks in the holes for posts.
		Once a month we went up to Alexishafen to check that the drome up there was out of commission.
	www.pngaa.net /Articles/articles_EmeryR_When_Japanses_Bombed_Madang.htm (4357 words)

	War Pilgrimage :: Gowealthy.com
		There are some interesting WWII sites in Madang and along the North Coast Road and in Alexishafen.
		These bases were bypassed by American forces, and not invaded until much later when Australian 15 and 21 Brigades and 7th Division recaptured Madang on April 25, 1944, and Alexishafen on April 26, 1944.
		The coastal waters around this area of the north coast contain several shipwrecks and sunken planes.
	www.gowealthy.com /article/532/index.asp (380 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Japanese plan called for a rendezvous near Alexishafen at 2000 meters (6600 feet) followed by a climb to altitude approaching the target.
		The 248 th suffered a further loss when one of its aircraft was shot down by P-38s of the 475 th Fighter Group escorting B-25 bombers over Alexishafen.
		On the same day 1 st Lt. Hitoshi Asano was wounded in a bombing attack at Alexishafen.
	www.j-aircraft.com /research/rdunn/248th/248th-2.htm (1973 words)

	LST-22
		Following drydocking and overhaul at Alexishafen, preparations were made for the Morotai operation.
		With echelon of LSTs, LCIs, and LCTs in tow, she departed Hollandia 11 September 1944, with cargo and personnel discharged at Morotai on 16 September 1944.
		Returning to Hollandia, she moved again to Alexishafen for overhaul and installation of more antiaircraft guns, returning to Hollandia on 7 October 1944.
	www.uscg.mil /hq/g%2Dcp/history/WEBCUTTERS/LST_22.html (1610 words)

	USS Phoenix (CL-46): Definition and links.
		Phoenix covered landing forces as they went ashore and furnished support fire against enemy strong points which had not been demolished.
		On the night of 25- 26 January 1944, the ship took part in a night raid on Madang[?] and Alexishafen[?], New Guinea, shelling shore installations.
		Phoenix then moved to the Admiralty Islands to support the 1st Cavalry Division in a reconnaissance-in-force on Los Negros Island[?], 29 February.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Phoenix-(CL-46).html (1713 words)

	George Gaffney Memorial Pages — Air chronology
		Moves in New Guinea during Mar: HQ 309th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) from Lae to Saidor; 17th Reconnaissance Squadron (Bombardment), 71st Reconnaissance Group, from Dobodura to Finschhafen with B-25s; 65th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 43d Bombardment Group (Heavy), from Dobodura to Nadzab with B-24s.
		In New Guinea, 80+ B-24s and P-40s hit the Hansa Bay area, the airstrip at Nubia, and the Madang- Alexishafen area.
		In New Guinea, 30+ B-24s hit the Hansa Bay and Alexishafen areas while 20 P-39s attack Madang and Bogadjim and 22 A-20s pound Erima.
	www.ideasmith.com /gaffney/chrono.html (1616 words)

	Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Papua New Guinea
		Goroka (AV, detached from Alexishafen) - (Territory of Papua and New Guinea) Papua New Guinea
		Lae (AV, detached from Alexishafen) - (Territory of Papua and New Guinea) Papua New Guinea
		Mount Hagen (AV, detached from Alexishafen, and from Wewak) - (Territory of Papua and New Guinea) Papua New Guinea
	www.katolsk.no /utenriks/kronologi/papua_ng.htm (853 words)

	Rigel (AD-13) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Again bringing her vital equipment and trained men closer to the front, she moved to Cape Sudest, thence proceeded to Buna where her crew continued their round-the-clock schedule from 13 January until 9 June.
		From Buna she moved up the coast to Alexishafen, whence, in late August, she returned to Australia for a much needed overhaul.
		She was at Sydney during the initial thrust into the Philippines, but in November returned to New Guinea and continued her work at Hollandia, 22 November to 10 January 1945.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/ad13.htm (694 words)

	5th AAF, February 1944
		In New Guinea, B-24s bomb Sorong and Alexishafen; nearly 50 A-20s pound installations in the Madang area.
		Transfers in New Guinea: HQ 35th Fighter Group from Nadzab to Gusap; HQ 417th Bombardment Group (Light) from Cape Sudest to Dobodura; 25th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 6th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, from Lae to Nadzab with F-5s; 110th Reconnaissance Squadron (Fighter), 71st Reconnaissance Group, from Port Moresby to Gusap with P-39Qs.
		In New Guinea, nearly 50 A-20s and B-25s hit the Alexishafen and Madang areas; P-39s strafe targets of opportunity during sweeps over wide areas of Northeast New Guinea and New Britain Island; during the night of 8/9 Feb, B-25s bomb Toeal.
	www.kensmen.com /feb44.html (1666 words)

	Missions Against Alexishafen
		40+ B-25's and A-20's, escorted by P-38's and P-47's, pound the airfield at Alexishafen, destroying at least 12 enemy airplanes; US fighters claim destruction of 10-15 interceptors in combat.
		A-20s attack Alexishafen and the Hansa Bay areas
		Lt Commander Davis (PT Boat captain) serves as spotter aboard destroyer Hutchins to pinpoint coastal targets for shore bombardment using a minimum of shells by the destroyer group of Hutchins, Bache, Daly for bombardments of Madang, Alexishafen, Ulingan and Hansa Bay.
	pacificwrecks.com /airfields/png/alexishafen/missions-alexishafen.html (189 words)

	Mihalic - obituary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Son of a Pennsylvanian farmer and railwayman, Fr Mihalic was born on November 24, 1916 to a family of 10 — four boys and six girls and raised among a “missionary magazine reading” family.
		Fr Mihalic first came to PNG as a missionary in 1948 and was based in Alexishafen, Madang.
		A few months later he was posted to Marienberg, East Sepik Province as parish priest where one of his first parishioners was “young” Michael Somare who later became the country’s first Prime Minister.
	coombs.anu.edu.au /SpecialProj/PNG/MIHALIC/About/Obituary.htm (225 words)

	Chapter 11 Leaping Lena; Luck Escape; Exploits of the 5th; 6th in the jungle...
		The Allied Air Forces had bombed the main road between Madang and Alexishafen with such good results that it was temporarily unusable.
		It was also heavily mined by the retreating Japanese and consequently the main cable route had to be cut through twenty miles of jungle and swamps.
		This was small consolation to the brigade's Signals section who struggled on with drums of cable through mud that was sometimes waist-high.
	www.diggerhistory2.info /army/signals/chapter11.htm (2656 words)

	Short history of the Australian corps of signals pigeon service from 1942 [Australian War Memorial]
		This bird had previously done 31 operational flights totaling 1,257 miles.
		Lofts of 1st Australian Pigeon Section were attached to the 5th Australian Division which captured Madang in 1944 and pushed on towards Alexishafen and Hansa Bay.
		The force was so widely scattered and the use of line or Despatch Riders so impractical that the use of a comprehensive Pigeon Despatch Service had to be resorted to supplement wireless.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/dickin/doc.htm (4081 words)

	Letter From New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		My first impressions of New Guinea were the many coconut palms along the coast, the tropical storm which I experienced on my first night, and the smell of copra from the coconut palms.
		I spent a few days in Alexishafen getting used to the terrific heat, the new kinds of food and the environment in general.
		A week later we set off in a four-wheel drive jeep for Giri and were met on the way by the priest.
	www.oldsalvatorians.com /magazines/mag1971/newguinea.html (572 words)

	Remus
		She returned to Cape Cretin on 24 April 1944 and continued operations in that area until 14 June 1944.
		She then sailed for Alexishaven [sic; Alexishafen] where she joined several other tenders on a rigid repair program to ready ships for future operations.
		Departing from Alexishaven [sic; Alexishafen] 15 September 1944 for Mios Woendi, Remus became the advanced based tender of the 7th Fleet Amphibious Force.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/r4/remus.htm (494 words)

	Nation page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Archbishop Kurtz said the church continues to reach out to every man and woman to improve their living conditions.
		The church leader said this at a mass in Alexishafen to open the integral human development course for church lay-workers and other NGO staff.
		He said the church considers working together with people for full and holistic development of a person and of all people.
	www.thenational.com.pg /0524/nation39.htm (256 words)

	environment
		The report we got also indicated that at the health centre, she was put through a total of seven (7) drips, which is clearly NOT normal.
		Sabina Sarea, 22, from Kananam village said she experienced diarrhoea and stomach aches after swimming ashore from the same water where the fishing vessel was when her canoe turned over.
		Thirdly, the medical history at Alexishafen will show that the type of sickness experienced by those people who were rushed to the Alexishafen Catholic Hospital is not common and may be attributed to the activities of the company.
	www.rd.green.net.au /docs/environment.htm (7126 words)

	Junkers Relics
		At the Catholic Mission of Alexishafen a Junkers W33 was parked in derelicted condition for several years.
		In the meantime this aircraft was removed by the National Museum Port Moresby in 1986 and it is currently under restauration at the airport of Lae.
		It seems, as if this aircraft is VH-UIW "Lady Lettie", which was delivered to Taylor and Bond in 1930 and shortly afterwards went to Pacific Aerial Transport Ltd. In 1932 this aircraft crashed at Alexishafen and was later used as a spares aircraft for another Junkers F13 at Alexishafen.
	www.geocities.com /hjunkers/ju_w33_m9.htm (167 words)

	WiesenthalF
		New Guinea) on Nov. 5, 1910; he was successively stationed at Alexishafen (1910-16), Mugil (30 km NW of Alexishafen, 1916-32),
		Gayaba (hinterland of Alexishafen, 1934-42), Mingende (in the Bismarck Mts, since June 1947).
		From 1932-34 he was on European leave, and from 1943-46 in Japanese captivity and subsequently in American hospitals and at Epping near Sydney (N.S.W.); in Nov. 1946 he returned to New Guinea.
	www.nationaalherbarium.nl /FMCollectors/W/WiesenthalF.htm (102 words)

	USAAF Chronology:
		In New Guinea, B-26's and B-25's hit bivouacs in the Finschhafen area and bomb the town of Alexishafen.
		In New Guinea, B-24's and B-25's bomb the Alexishafen and Madang areas, Sio, and targets of opportunity along the coast of the Huon Peninsula; P-39's strafe barges along the Huon Peninsula; and P-47's strafe the Madang area and huts between Sio and Vincke Point.
		SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (Fifth Air Force): On New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago, A-20's hit troop concentrations in the Cape Gloucester area; nearly 50 P-40's and P-47's intercept a small force of airplanes attacking the Arawe beachhead area and 12 aircraft are claimed shot down.
	paul.rutgers.edu /~mcgrew/wwii/usaf/html/Dec.43.html (13214 words)

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		It contains up to 1000 fish species, 800 hard and soft corals, 400 nudibranchs and 9 species of anemones.
		Madang lagoon is an area approximately 15km long and 4km wide, starting from Madang town at the south extreme and stretching to Alexishafen in the north, with the most eastern point being Pig (Tab) island.
		The outer perimeter of the lagoon consists of a series of islands connected by coral reef.
	www.aquaventures-png.com.pg /diving.htm (325 words)

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