Sungei Patani

MapLat 100° 29' 0" Long 5° 39' 0" Located near the western coast of the Malay Peninsula.

 

  Sungei Patani (Sungei Patani I, Sungei Patani II)

Wartime airfield located at This airfield had two runways, I and II.

Allied Units Based at Sungei Patani
RAAF 21 Squadron (12 Buffalos) were based here at the start of the Pacific war. Took heavy losses on December 8, 1941 and withdrew to Butterworth to the south and Ipoh.

Units based at Sungei Patani
8th Sentai (Ki-48) mid-1943

American Missions Against Sungei Patani
(FEAF) B-17's, flying out of Palembang, Sumatra, attack Sungei Patani Airfield

 


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