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Location Lat 6° 55' 0" S Long 107° 41' 0" E. Bandoeng Airfield was located near Bandoeng in western Java. The wartime Allied spelling was "Bandung Airfield". Also known as "Boea Batoe Airfield". Prewar and during the Pacific War located in the Netherlands East Indies (NEI). Today located in West Java Province (Propinsi Jawa Barat) in Indonesia. Construction Built prewar by the Dutch as a civilian airfield. Wartime History On February 19, 1942 Japanese aircraft from Palembang Airfield attacked Bandoeng Airfield on their first major air raid against western Java. On the ground, they destroyed four parked bombers: B-17E 41-2493, B-17E 41-2503, B-17E 41-2466 and LB-30 Liberator. During March 1942 occupied by the Japanese. Soon afterwards, Japanese technical personnel from Giken (Army Aviation Technical Research Institute) arrived and a pair of B-17E Flying Fortresses including B-17E 41-2471 were repaired at Bandung using abandoned spare parts. Contribute
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