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Old 22nd Oct 2018, 04:18
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India Four Two
 
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Not Bao Loc. As an aside, I thought myself quite knowledgeable about airfields in South Vietnam, but I had never heard of any of the suggestions above - nor my "mystery aerodrome" come to that. It is amazing how many airstrips there were.

I have not been able to find Bao Loc, but given the description in this article, it can't be far away from my challenge:
http://183seahorse.org/uploads/files...SIFRtoPhan.pdf

The strip is north-south with the mountain to the south. It is currently the "main drag" of a small town which has a different name from that of the airfield. The airfield name is the same as its parent airfield to the west, but with a suffix added. The small town's two-word name would be considered amusing/risqué to English speakers who are not familiar with Vietnamese. In fact, the first word is a fairly common girl's name and the town's name has been co-opted by a coffee shop chain, which causes amusement to tourists in Saigon.
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