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Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport

This airfield was captured by the Japanese in 1942. The Japanese used it for their own military operations between 1942 and 1945, when it was bombed by the Allied forces. An A-26 Invader light bomber is standing near the entrance.

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Text: Kaj Metz
Photos: Wikimedia Commons

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