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Luscombe Airfield

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Luscombe Airfield was an airfield at Nui Dat, Phước Tuy Province, South Vietnam (now in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province, Vietnam). The airfield was built by 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers for the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat. The airfield was opened on 5 December 1966 and named in honour of Captain Bryan Luscombe, who had been killed in action during the Korean War on 5 June 1952.

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