RAF Maintenance Base Safi (Q38251106)

matcher place: Malta (relation 365307), Southern Region (relation 1711219)
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English Wikipedia categories: Defunct airports, Malta–United Kingdom military relations, Military airbases closed in 1979, Military airbases established in 1942, Military installations of Malta, Royal Air Force stubs, Safi, Malta, World War II sites in Malta

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Royal Air Force Safi was a Royal Air Force maintenance base located on the island of Malta, which started life in 1941 as a diversion airstrip for the main operating bases such as nearby RAF Luqa. Other diversion airstrips similar in function to Safi were located at RAF Krendi and on Malta's second island of Gozo.

Wikidata location: 35.8417, 14.4917 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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