Given enough time, the very existence of these bases might wind up forgotten by the vast majority of people. Over the years, a claim has emerged occasionally that fighter aircraft were based less than 10km from Banting, Selangor. “The Gazette stated that the Allied forces moved ashore from Morib to the Kelanang airfield on Sept 10, 1945 before proceeding to Telok Datok on Sept 14, 1945,” said the three. They added that the Kelanang Airfield was also mentioned in other British documents closer to the time of the Allied landings in Morib in 1945. The Forgotten World War II Airfield: The Case of Morib Airfield.

Source: The Star February 06, 2024 00:37 UTC