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    Kweilin Airfield (Guilin Qifengling Airport) Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region China


14th AF 1943
Location
Lat 25° 17' 0" N 110° 6' 0" E Long  Kweilin Airfield is located near Kweilin in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China. Also known as Yangtang Airfield. Postwar known as Guilin Qifengling Airport. Nearby today is Liangtang Airport (Yangtang).

Wartime Usage
Starting in June 1942, used by the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) 14th Air Force (14th AF) until November 1944.

American units based at Kweilin
7th BG, 11th BS (B-25) Kunming arrives June 30, 1942
51st FG, 16th FS (P-40) ?–November 29, 1942 departs Chenyi
23rd FG, 76th FS (P-40) Kunming departs July 25 - Aug 18, 1942 Kunming returns Dec 7 - 26 Suichwan
9th PRS (F-4 det) Pandaveswar arrives January 3, 1943–July 1943
23rd FG, 75th FS (P-40) Kunming arrives Oct 11, 43–Nov 1, 43 departs Hengyang ret Nov 21 Lingling June 25, 44
68th Composite Wing, HQ Kunming Dec 23, 1943 - Sept 15, 1944 departs Liuchow
51st FG, 16th FS (P-40) Chenyi March 31, 1943–September 20, 1943 departs Hengyang
341st BG, 11th BS (B-25) Kunming arrives June 21, 1943–June 28, 1944 departs Yang Tong
5th PRG, 21st PRS (F-4 det) Bishnupur July 12 - September 12, 1944 departs Kunming
23rd FG, HQ Kunming September 1, 1943 - September 8, 1944 departs Liuchow
51st FG, 449th FS (P-38) Lingling detachment arrives Sept 1, 1943 entire squadron July 16, 1944
23rd FG, 74th FS (P-40) ? - September 12, 1944 departs Luliang
341st BG, 491st BS (B-25 det) Yangkai June 13 - July 10, 1944 departs Yangkai
118th Tactical Recon Squd (air echelon, P-51) Chengkung arrives June 16, 1944–Sept 14, 1944 departs Liuchow
51st FG, 26th FS (P-40) Liangshan arrives June 20 - 30, 1944 departs Kunming

Japanese and American missions against Kweilin
July 4, 1942–July 16, 1945

During early November 1944, Japanese forces approached the area and the airfield was demolished before they occupied the airfield on November 10, 1944. Afterwards, it became an Allied target and was bombed until July 1945.

Postwar
Used postwar as a commerical and military airport known as Guilin Qifengling Airport / 桂林奇峰岭机场.

Today
By the late 1990s closed after the construction of nearby Liangjiang International Airport.

References
Index to Air Bases - Research Report No. 85, I.G. No 9185 - July 30, 1944

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Last Updated
April 19, 2021

 

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