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Japanese 230th Regiment HQ [1941-c.1942]

Submitted by Lewis on Wed, 2021-01-27 09:01
Date Place completed: 
1941-12-18
Date Place demolished: 
c.1942-01-01 (Year, Month, Day are approximate)

This was where Colonel Shoji established his HQ at Braemar Reservoir at the night of 18th December 1941.

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1952 Kai Tak Aerodrome Pillboxes

Submitted by moddsey on Wed, 2020-05-06 11:10
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1952

A screenshot from a 1952 map at  http://www.hkmaps.hk/mapviewer.html . Shows WWII shoreline pillboxes at the eastern (RAF) and western (civilian) ends of the old Kai Tak Aerodrome. I knew there were inland pillboxes on Kwun Tong Road near the entrance to RAF Kai Tak but this is the first time I have seen the location of the two shoreline pillboxes. The pillboxes may not have survived the war.

 

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