Paliparang Lahug, P.A.A.C.

Location: Cebu City

Category: Sites/Events

Type: Site

Status: Level II - Historical marker

Marker date: 1968

Installed by: National Historical Commission (NHC)

Marker text (Filipino):

PALIPARANG LAHUG, P.A.A.C. 

SA POOK NA ITO NAKAHIMPIL MULA NOONG 1940 HANGGANG 1941, ANG TANGING SANGAY NG HUKBO NG PILIPINAS SA KABISAYAAN AT MINDANAW GABO SUMIKLAB ANG DIGMAAN NOONG 1941; ANG 9TH OBSERVATION AND ATTACK SQUADRON SA PAMUMUNO NI TENYENTE OSCAR SALES; AND 11TH AIR BASE SQUADRON SA PAMUMUNO NI TENYENTE AYA-AY. ANG SANGAY NA ITO, KAGAYA NG NASA MGA PALIPARANG ZABLAN, MANIQUIS AT BATANGAN, AY ITINALAGA SA USAFFE NOONG IKA-15 NG AGOSTO, 1941. 

Marker Text (English):

LAHUG FIELD, P.A.A.C.

ON THIS SITE WERE STATIONED, 1940 TO 1941, THE ONLY PRE-WORLD WAR II PHILIPPINE ARMY CORPS UNITS IN THE VISAYAS AND MINDANAO; 9TH OBSERVATION AND ATTACK SQUADRON UNDER MAJOR SALES; 11TH AIR BASE SQUADRON UNDER LT. VICTOR AYA-AY. THESE UNITS AND ALL OTHER PAAC UNITS IN ZABLAN, MANIQUIS AND BATANGAN FIELDS, WERE INDUCTED INTO THE USAFFE, 15 AUGUST 1941