Location
Located at Ambon.
Construction
Built by the
Dutch prior to the war.
Allied Use
In late 1941, the airfield
based one Dutch bomber, two fighters and Hudsons of RAAF
No.13 Squadron. Allied planes withdrew on January 16,
1942 in the fact of the impending Japanese attack. 19th
BG B-17's landed on December 23, 1941 after raid on Japanese
landings at Lingayen
Gulf on a 4,600 mile mission
that staged from Batchelor
Field, Australia.
Japanese
Use
After the area fell to the Japanese, it became a base
for Japanese for the rest of the
war. Used to stage land based bombers for raids against
Australia.
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