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VMB-433 Squadron Insignia

Marine Bombing Squadron Four Thirty-Three

 

AREA OF OPERATIONS

Marine Bombing Squadron Four Thirty-Three's area of operations, the Solomon Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago, is depicted on the fully interactive map, below.  Key locations of VMB-433's airstrips and major Japanese target areas are indicated with markers.

VMB-433 AIRSTRIPS

JAPANESE TARGET AREAS

American Flag

(A) Espiritu Santo

Japanese Flag

(D) Rabaul

(B) Green Island

(E) Tobera

(C) Emirau Island

(F) Kavieng

REFRESH MAP

D

Japanese Naval Base

Simpson Harbor

Rabaul, New Britain

E

Japanese Airstrip

Tobera, New Britain

F

Japanese Airstrip

Kavieng, New Ireland

C

VMB-433 Airstrip

Emirau Island

20 Aug 1944 - 13 Aug 1945

A

VMB-433 Airstrip

Espritu Santo, New Hebrides

4 Jun - 12 Aug 1944

B

VMB-433 Airstrip

Green Island

16 Jul - 20 Aug 1944

Interactive map provided courtesy of Google Maps and GMapEZ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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