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Keywords: MundaFirstAircraft.jpg en The first fighter plane to land on Munda Point airfield on New Georgia after its capture by Allied forces was a VMF-215 Corsair flown by Maj Robert G Owens Jr on 14 August 1943 Flight operations began immediately to cover the Vella Lavella landings http //www ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-CSol/img/USMC-C-CSol-41 jpg http //www ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-CSol/index html US Department of Defense Photo U5MC 60270 1943-08-14 PD-USGov New Georgia Campaign |