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Example sentences for: airfield

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The town has a sad legacy as it was at the airfield here that German paratroopers landed in 1941, signaling the start of the Battle for Crete.
Casualties were high for these pioneers and the German war cemetery above the airfield holds the graves of over 4,000 young men.
I was, and still am, captivated by “Babies cry for liquor an' the birds sing bass,” and in the arrogance of my youth, I was certain that nobody else on the airfield either knew or cared who Bessie Smith was, nor would any other G.I. be enchanted by basso birds, so I turned thief.
Mount Alvernia, in the center of the island, is not far from the airfield at New Bight.
(There are also flights from Kathmandu to Bhairawa, the nearest airfield, with a bus service to Lumbini.)