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| Location Lat 27°30′0″N Long 95°10′0″E Dinjan Airfield was located near Dinjan (Dinjaygaon) in Assam State in northeast India. Wartime History Dinjan Airfield was the terminus of the Assam-Burma ferry route for aircraft. During early 1942, used as an Allied fighter base. After the fall of Lashao and Myitkjina, Dinjan was within range of enemy fighters and bombers. During early April 1942, ten Pan American Airways DC-3 begin hauling 30,000 gallons of fuel and 500 gallons of lubricants from Calcutta to the Asansol, completing the mission on the following day. This fuel, was subsequently transferred from Asansol via Dinjan to China, is for use by the "Doolittle's Raiders" when after they land in China. On June 3, 1942 six B-25s of the 7th BG, 11th BS take off from Dinjanto bomb Lashio then land at Kunming, most crash enroute, only two arrive. On February 25, 1943 more than 40 Japanese aircraft attack Dinjan Airfield; 32 intercepting P-40s claim 14 destroyed and 15 probably destroyed. On October 3, 1942 the India AIr Task Force (IATF) under the command of Caleb V. Haynes is activated at Dinjan, India to support Chinese resistance along the Salween River by hitting supply lines in Burma The IATF includes all AAF combat units in India. In response, on October 25, 1942 Japanese aircraft from Lashio attack airfields connected with the the India-China air transport route including Dinjan. On December 13, 1943 twenty Japanese bombers, escorted by 25 fighters, hit Dinjan Airfield before US interceptors make contact; however, little damage is done and the US fighters catch the attackers shortly afterward; 12 Japanese bombers and 5 fighters are claimed shot down Dinjan Airfield was used as a forward airfield for U.S. bombers, fighters and transport aircraft until the end of the Pacific War. Allied units based at Dinjan 7th BG, 11th BS (B-25 detachment) Kunming arrives June 28, 1942 51st FG, HQ Karachi arrives October 10, 1942–October 2, 1943 Kunming 51st FG, 26th FS (P-40) Karachi arrives October 10, 1942–October 7, 1943 departs Kunming 311th Fighter-Bomber Group, HQ Nawadih October 11, 1943–July 6, 1944 Tingkawk 311th FBG, 530th FBS (A-36, P-51) Nawadih Oct 18, 1943–October 21, 1944 Kwanghan 311th FBG, 529th FBS (A-36, P-51) Nawadih Oct 19, 1943–August 23, 1944 Pungchacheng 10th AF, 315th TCS (C-47) activiated January 1, 1944–January 10, 1944 Sylhet 10th AF, 20th TRS (P-40 det) Kisselbari May 1 - June 20, 1944 Kisselbari 8th PRG, 9th PRS (F-5 det) Barrackpore September 1943–May 20, 1944 Barrackpore 3rd CCG, 10th CCS (C-47) departs June 3, 1945 Myitkyina 3rd CCG, 11th CCS (C-47) Sylhet June 6, 1944–May 14, 1945 Yunnani 3rd CCG, 12th CCS (C-47) Fenny arrives June 6, 1944 10th AF, 443rd TCG, HQ Sookerating arrives July 9, 1944 3rd CCG, HQ Sylhet arrives August 2, 1944–June 3, 1945 Myitkyina 443rd TCG, 2nd TCS (C-47) August 14, 1944 Shingbwiyang, returns June 1, 1945–August 24, 1945 Chihkiang 443rd TCG, 1st TCS (C-47) Warazup arrives June 1 , 1945–August 28, 1945 departs Chihkiang 433rd TCG, HQ departs October 8, 1944 Ledo 2nd ACG, 317th TCS (C-47 det) Kalaikunda January 8, 1945–January 13, 1945 Kalaikunda 10th AF, 71st Liaison Squadron (ground echelon) Myitkyina April 24, 1945–May 12, 1945 Piardoba 10th AF, 115th Liaison Squadron (ground echelon) Myitkyina April 24, 1945–May 9, 1945 Nagaghuli 443rd TCG, 315th TCS (C-47) Ledo May 10, 1945 443rd TCG, HQ May 11, 1945 10th AF, 427th NFS (P-61) Myitkyina May 25, 1945–August 13, 1945 to Liuchow Today Disused as an airfield since the Pacific War and abandoned. Traces of the former airfield are visible in aerial photograph. Contribute
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