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Kalathos Airfield (Greek: Αεροδρόμιο Κάλαθου) or Gadurra Airfield (Italian: Aeroporto di Gadurrà) was a military airport built by the Royal Italian Air Force during their occupation of Dodecanese in the 1930s.

Kalathos Airfield Αεροδρόμιο Κάλαθου
The airfield's control tower.
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Location	Kalathos, Rhodes
Coordinates	36°08′38.0″N 28°04′08.0″E
Map
Kalathos Airfield Location in Greece
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 15/33 5 577 1,700 Macadam

History

Kalathos Airfield was built in the 1930s, one kilometer near the village of Kalathos and eight kilometers from Lindos. It was named by the Italians as Airport 308. In 1941 it was used by the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Crete. The airfield was located only meters away from the seashore.

In September of 1943 it was the center of conflicts between Italian and German forces for the control of the island which saw an easy victory for the Germans. It was also used by the Italian Royal Air Force for air raids on British colonies in the Middle East, such as bombings on British Palestine and on refineries in Bahrain.[1]

Present-day

After the war the airfield was abandoned.

The EO95 highway was built over the northern end of the runway burying much of what had remained of its concrete bunkers. The airfield is beginning to get overgrown, but on the sea side of the runway many concrete facilities still exist. Although the runway is still visible from the road, it is easily missed, as the surrounding area has been covered with olive trees. On the beach you can visit the remains of the fortifications, several pieces of barbed wire and remains of crates and barrels.[2]

See also

• Battle of Rhodes (1943)
• Regia Aeronautica

References

На других языках

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- [en] Kalathos Airfield

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[it] Aeroporto di Gadurrà

L'aeroporto di Gadurrà (dal nome del vicino fiume, in inglese: Kalathos Airfield, dal nome del paese vicino) fu un aeroporto militare costruito verso la fine degli anni trenta, durante l'occupazione italiana del Dodecaneso. Si trova sulla costa orientale dell'isola di Rodi, un chilometro a nord dalla località di Càlato (Kalathos) e a 8 km a nord dal paese di Lindo (Lindos).

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