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    Mandai Airfield (Makassar, Makassar I) South Sulawesi Province Indonesia
Location
Lat 5° 4' 0" Long 119° 32' 0"  Mandai Airfield is located near Makassar on Celebes Island. Also known as "Makassar Airfield" or "Makassar I Airfield". Prewar and during the Pacific War located in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). Today located in South Sulawesi Province on Sulawesi (Celebes) in Indonesia.

Wartime History
During 1942 occupied by the Japanese and used as a military airfield until the end of the Pacific War.

Japanese units based at Mandai
932 Kokutai circa middle 1943

American missions against Mandai
November 7, 1944–July 3, 1945

References
Index to Air Bases - Research Report No. 85, I.G. No 9185 - July 30, 1944

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Last Updated
April 19, 2021

 

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