Location
Located 14 miles north of Atsugi Airfield, 16 miles west of Tokyo.

Construction
The airfield had two parallel runways, 4,500' and 5,000'.

Units based at Tachikawa
Rikugun Kokugijutsu (Army Aero Research Institute)
Da-Ichi Rikusun (1st Army Air Arsenal)
Tachikawa Hikoki K.K. (Tachikawa Aircraft Company)

During the war this airfield was used by Army Aero Research Institute to study Allied aircraft and test new Japanese designs. At one time, captured B-17D 40-3095 was present at this airfield.

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Last Updated
November 9, 2009