Paliparang Lahug, P.A.A.C.

Location: Cebu City
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II - Historical marker
Marker Date: 1968
Installed By: National Historical Commission (NHC)

PALIPARANG LAHUG, P.A.A.C.

SA POOK NA ITO NAKAHIMPIL MULA NOONG 1940 HANGGANG 1941, ANG TANGING SANGAY NG HUKBO NG PILIPINAS SA KABISAYAAN AT MINDANAW GABO SUMIKLAB ANG DIGMAAN NOONG 1941; ANG 9TH OBSERVATION AND ATTACK SQUADRON SA PAMUMUNO NI TENYENTE OSCAR SALES; AND 11TH AIR BASE SQUADRON SA PAMUMUNO NI TENYENTE AYA-AY. ANG SANGAY NA ITO, KAGAYA NG NASA MGA PALIPARANG ZABLAN, MANIQUIS AT BATANGAN, AY ITINALAGA SA USAFFE NOONG IKA-15 NG AGOSTO, 1941.

Marker Text (English):
LAHUG FIELD, P.A.A.C.

ON THIS SITE WERE STATIONED, 1940 TO 1941, THE ONLY PRE-WORLD WAR II PHILIPPINE ARMY CORPS UNITS IN THE VISAYAS AND MINDANAO; 9TH OBSERVATION AND ATTACK SQUADRON UNDER MAJOR SALES; 11TH AIR BASE SQUADRON UNDER LT. VICTOR AYA-AY. THESE UNITS AND ALL OTHER PAAC UNITS IN ZABLAN, MANIQUIS AND BATANGAN FIELDS, WERE INDUCTED INTO THE USAFFE, 15 AUGUST 1941

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