He does manage to break free, stealing an airplane from the nearby airfield.
The installations were served by a nearby airfield and train lines.
They had found him a job at a nearby civilian airfield, as office-boy in the flying club.
"We may be hiding, but so are they," said the guerrilla on guard, pointing at the nearby airfield.
The rebels have used the high ground to shell the roads leading to the town and the nearby airfield.
His private jet had been spotted at a nearby airfield.
The following day he left from a nearby airfield and was never seen again.
It was also the name of a nearby airfield, later named Henderson Field.
He would ride his bike to the nearby airfield to watch and study the planes in flight.