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Wednesday 13 December 2017

USA founded naval airbase on St. Thomas according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1937 No. 3

An item referred to the magazine R.U.S.I. dated February 1937 reporting that the USA established a new naval airbase on St. Thomas stationing 2 escadrilles with totally 36 aircraft. The new base was of utmost strategically importance for the defence of the Panama Canal.