Sentence examples for 1 airstrip from inspiring English sources

Four Zeros and a dive bomber attacked No. 1 Airstrip.

With No. 1 Airstrip operational, work began on two more airfields.

A bitumen-surfaced second runway was built at No. 1 Airstrip by No. 6 Mobile Works Squadron RAAF, after which the original runway was only used for emergencies and taxiing.

Work on the first airfield, which became known as No. 1 Airstrip, had commenced on 8 June, with Papuan workers under the supervision of ANGAU and US 96th Engineer Separate Battalion personnel clearing the area near Gili Gili.

More than 100km of roads, a 2km airstrip, barracks and field hospitals were all built.

Some 5,000 coconut trees were removed for No. 2 Airstrip, and the site was levelled and graded, but its use first required the construction of at least two 60 feet bridges, so work moved to No. 3 Airstrip near Kilarbo.

They, along with the 2/9th, were subsequently tasked to carry out an attack from No. 3 Airstrip to KB Mission.

The minefield around No. 3 Airstrip was lifted and the airstrip was completed, with revetments and hardstands for 70 medium bombers.

Milne Bay's No. 3 Airstrip was renamed Turnbull Field in his honour; it marked the furthest westward advance of the Japanese in the area.

Later that night the Japanese began forming up along the track at the eastern end of No. 3 Airstrip by the sea, and at 3 00 am on 31 August they launched their attack.

At noon, the 9th Infantry Battalion, a Militia unit from the 7th Infantry Brigade, dispatched two companies to occupy some of the ground that the 2/12th had regained around No. 3 Airstrip and the mission.