The 22nd Air Base (Polish: 22. Baza Lotnicza) is an Air Force Base east of Malbork, Poland, near the village of Królewo Malborskie. It was officially constituted on 1 January 2001, replacing the disbanded 41st Fighter Aviation Regiment. The main unit based there is the 41st Air Tactical Squadron flying MiG-29 fighters.
| Marienburg Focke-Wulf factory | |
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| Part of Nazi Germany | |
B-17s destroyed all but one of the buildings at the Marienburg Focke-Wulf factory on October 9, 1943. |
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| Battles/wars | Operation Pointblank (WWII) |
| strike and recon images | |
| Before 1943 bombing | |
| After 1943 bombing | |
| 2009 photo gallery |
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