二林飛行場寫真 Photo of Rojoseki (Erlin) Airstrip

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國內過去已經有文獻指出日軍在當今彰化二林一帶曾經興建機場，鍾堅教授的《台灣航空決戰》指出這座機場位於現在的芳苑工業區。上面這張美軍1945年的地圖也在二林地區標示了 ROJOSEKI A/S（編號46），而ROJOSEKI就是當地地名「路上厝」的日語發音。所謂沒圖沒真相，缺的就是一張可以判斷正確位置與樣貌的空照圖。
Literature indicated that the Japanese military had built an airstrip near current Erlin Township, Changhua, during WWII. One source pointed out this airstrip was located in the current Fangyuan Industrial Park. The 1945 US military map on the top also had a ROJOSEKI A/S in roughly the same area. All that is missing is an aerial photo confirming its true location and configuration.

幸好皇天不負苦心人，上週終於讓我在美國海軍的檔案中找到了1945年1月拍攝的二林飛行場寫真！雖然不是很清晰，但已足夠作定位，請見下圖：
Luckily, last week I found an aerial photo of Rojoseki (Erlin) airstrip taken in January 1945 in the US Navy archive:

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從外型看來，二林飛行場與麻豆飛行場頗為類似。再跟現代的Google Earth衛星照片（如下圖）比對之後，就可以發現二林飛行場其實並不在芳苑工業區，而是在其南邊的二林鎮境內：
It can be seen that the configuration of Rojoseki airfield is very similar to that of Mato Airdrome. In addition, when compared with the Google Earth satellite image, it is clear that Rojoseki airfield was not located in Fangyuan Industrial Park but in Erlin Township:

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只是滄海桑田，當地的地貌已經完全無法辨識出當年飛行場的輪廓。幸好美國的CORONA衛星在1966年拍下了台灣的衛星照片，在路上厝一帶依稀可見一個方形的部分周邊：
Unfortunately, there is literally nothing in the Google Earth satellite image indicative of an airfield. But thanks to the CORONA satellite, the perimeter of the airfield was partially visible in the center of the 1966 image below:

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Bingo!