Location
Lat 104° 46' 0" Long 2° 59' 0" Located at Palembang on the eastern
portion of Sumatra.
Construction
Prewar airfield.
Wartime History
Palembang was used by American Far East Air Force B-17s in Janauary 1942 for bombing missions against Japanese occupied areas in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Occupied by the Japanese, they capured B-17E Flying Fortress 41-2419 abandoned at the airfield.
Units based at Palembang
77th Sentai (Ki-43) Singapore Dec 1943 - Feb 1944 to New Guinea
American Missions Against Palembang
August 10, 1944
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