They eventually found the perfect location, 35 miles northeast of Tasiilaq. That’s when a supply fleet arrived on July 26, 1942, and construction work began.
The airfield remained open from 1942 to 1947. However, after the end of the war in 1945, the importance of Bluie East Two started to decline. In fact, like other American bases in Greenland, it was evacuated two years later.
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