Manchuria (Manchukuo)

Northern portion of present day China

After Russo-Japanese war, Japan created an independent army group at Port Arthur in 1919 to protect Liaodong peninsula and south Manchurian railroad.

After the Manchurian incident in 1931, Japan conquered all of Manchuria. Developed for its raw materials, the area became a puppet Japanese goverment. After the war, Communists armed with former Japanese weapons and planes renewed their war against the Nationalist, before their equipment was updated with Russian gear.

     Mukden Aerodrome

Manchukuoan / Japanese Army Air Force Base.  Nearby was the Manchuria Airplane Manufacturing Company.

Missions Against Mukden
December 7, 1944
108 B-29s, operating from Chengtu, China, are dispatched to bomb the Manchuria Airplane Manufacturing Company and an adjacent arsenal at Mukden, Manchuria; 80 hit primary target and 10 other B-29s bomb a rail yard short of the primary target, and several other bombers strike alternate targets; the B-29s claim 10-10-30 fighters; 7 B-29s are lost.

December 21, 1944
49 B-29s from Chengtu, China are dispatched to attack Mukden. 19 B-29 hit the aircraft factory but it suffers little damage and a nearby arsenal and rail yards are slightly damaged; 8 other B-29s bomb alternate targets and targets of opportunity; they claim 21-6-19 Japanese aircraft; 2 B-29s are lost.

Catured Japanese aircraft at the end of the war were used by Communist forces.



     Harbin Aerodrome

Manchukuoan / Japanese Army Air Force Base. Catured Japanese aircraft at the end of the war were used by Communist forces.


 

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