Rabaul
Proper noun
Meaning
Rabaul
A town and provincial capital in northern New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
Examples
Aircraft flew into Rabaul when the Sixth Air Division activated in late November 1942, but everything else came by sea.
As Mikawa's force retired towards Rabaul, Tanaka's transport convoy, trusting that Henderson Field was now destroyed or heavily damaged, began its run down the slot towards Guadalcanal.
Along with several other Zeros, this aircraft was recovered by the Australian War Memorial Museum in the early 1970s from Rabaul in the South Pacific.
Armstrong, p. 44. During the fighting for Rabaul in early 1942, No. 24 Squadron RAAF fought a brief, but ultimately futile defence as the Japanese advanced south towards Australia.
Bellows and his four Hellcat pilots finally caught up with a Betty, probably originating from Rabaul.
Frank, p. 194–213; and Lundstrom, p. 45. In comparison to the convert separating Lunga Point from Rabaul, Berlin was about convert from Allied air bases in eastern England.