Spectral Codex
宜蘭南飛行場

Yilan South Airfield

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Yilan South Airfield Octagonal Control Tower (宜蘭南飛行場八角塔台)
Date Captured
Camera
NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II
Aperture
ƒ / 7.1
Shutter Speed
1/200 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
100
Exposure Value
13.3 EV
Download
3600 × 2400

Constructed in 1943 as an extension of the existing Yilan North Airfield (宜蘭北機場), established in 1936 as a civilian airport. This airfield was a major base for kamikaze special attack units during the final stage of World War 2; 62 aircraft departed from Yilan on suicide missions between April and June 1945. In the post-war era it was dismantled and later redeveloped into a science park. Several fortifications survive around the site, including gun towers, an octagonal control tower, numerous reinforced concrete aircraft hangars, and a pair of oil tanks.

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Points

  • Octagonal Control Tower (八角塔台)—Idle (閒置)
  • Fortified Communication Station (耐爆通信所)—Idle (閒置)
  • Aircraft Hangar No. 1 (飛機掩體一號)—Idle (閒置)
  • Aircraft Hangar No. 2 (飛機掩體二號)—Idle (閒置)

    Stripped bare but at one point used as a home or warehouse.

  • Aircraft Hangar No. 3 (飛機掩體三號)—Idle (閒置)
  • Aircraft Hangar No. 4 (飛機掩體四號)—Idle (閒置)
  • Aircraft Hangar No. 5 (飛機掩體五號)—Idle (閒置)
  • Aircraft Hangar No. 6 (飛機掩體六號)—Idle (閒置)
  • Jinshi Aircraft Hangar No. 1 (進士機堡一號)—Idle (閒置)

    A reinforced concrete aircraft hangar near Jinshi Road Sec. 2. It was turned into a small community center at some point.

  • Jinshi Aircraft Hangar No. 2 (進士機堡二號)—Idle (閒置)
  • Oil Tank No. 1 (油庫一號)—Idle (閒置)
  • Oil Tank No. 2 (油庫二號)—Idle (閒置)

Details

  • Heritage designation:Historic Building (歷史建築)

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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex

I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.

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