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Photos of Kai Tak - Japanese Operations Building on a Mound [c.1944-c.1959]

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1945 1945 Kai Tak - Possible Location of Control Tower Used by the Japanese
1945 Kai Tak - Possible Location of Control Tower Used by the Japanese

1945 Kai Tak wartime Japanese control tower location-1945
Kai Tak wartime Japanese control tower location-1945

1945 Japanese built structure-possibly a control tower-operations blockhouse
Japanese  built structure-possibly a control tower-operations blockhouse

1940s 1940s Spitfires at Kai Tak
1940s Spitfires at Kai Tak

1950 Kai Tak-Japanese Control tower & Operations complex
Kai Tak-Japanese Control tower & Operations complex

1955 Kai Tak-Japanese-Operations building on a mound
Kai Tak-Japanese-Operations building on a mound

1955 Kai Tak
Kai Tak

1958 1958 Kai Tak - Japanese Used Control Tower
1958 Kai Tak - Japanese Used Control Tower

1950s Kai Tak airport runway extension over the nullah + the turnaround pad-1956-7
Kai Tak airport runway extension over the nullah + the turnaround pad-1956-7

1950s Vampire jet, the first R.A.F. jet to land at Kai Tak.
Vampire jet, the first R.A.F. jet to land at Kai Tak.

1950s 1950 Control Tower Used by the Japanese During WWII
1950 Control Tower Used by the Japanese During WWII

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