Luscombe Airfield or Nui Dat Camp was an airfield at Nui Dat, Phước Tuy province, South Vietnam (now in Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam). The airfield was built by 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers for the 1st Australian Task Force at Nui Dat. The airfield was opened on 5 December 1966 and named in honour of Captain Bryan Luscombe, who had been killed in action during the Korean War on 5 June 1952.
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20100702022241/http://www.1fieldsappers.org/files/page.php?p=21
- http://www.161recceflt.org.au/Airfield/luscombe_airfield.htm
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