Timbalai Airfield was an airfield located on the western coast of

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.Rottman, Gordon L (2001), p.262 The airfield was built by the Imperial Japanese after occupying Labuan Island. The Japanese airfield was later made unserviceable from Allied bombing raids. During early June 1945, the airfield was captured by the

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. The airfield is still in use today.

Allied Units Based at Timbalai Airfield

*13th Wireless Section (Heavy) "A" Corps Signals

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