Fanling Airstrip
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title:
Fanling Airstrip
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Fanling Airstrip was a military airstrip in the race course, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong. In May 1949, when the 1st Independent Field Squadron of the Royal Engineers arrived from British Malaya, they built a temporary military airstrip on the ninth fairway, let the 2-seater spotter aircraft of the Royal Artillery to use for patrolling the British-Sino boundary for a few weeks before moving on. The airfield disappeared when the Golf Course resumed operations in the early 1950s.
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Former airstrip in Hong Kong
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanling_Airstrip
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2022-09-08T06:11:30Z
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