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Location
The geography that made up India
during WWII is today both India and Pakistan.
History
Controlled
by the British, WWII touched India in many ways, including
direct attack by Japanese Army from Burma and
air raids. Also,
it was a staging area with many bases and airfields supporting
the campaigns in China, and Burma. Mohandas Gandhi's proinence
as a statesman began during the war, and infulences lead
to independence in postwar India.
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Town near Indian
border with Burma |
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Wartime airfields and history |
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Located in eastern India |
New Delhi
Lat
28° 36' 50" N Long 77° 12' 32"E
Indian
Air Force (IAF) Museum
Nagaghuli Airfield
Allied airfield
in the upper Assam
Karachi Airfield
Allied airfield
in the upper Assam
Kurmitola Airfield
Allied airfield at Kurmitola
| Madras Airfield |
459th FS (P-38) staged through this location.
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| Baigachi Airfield (RAF Baigachi) |
Location
Located at Baigachi in West Bengal, India. Also known as "RAF Baigachi"
Allied units based at Baigachi
RAF 152nd Squadron (Spitfire)
Japanese Missions Against Baigachi
December
26, 1943
Japanese Ki-61 Dinah recon plane shot down
References
RAF Web - RAF Baigachi
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Guskhara
Lat 23° 30' 0N Long 87° 45' 0E Located in eastern India.
 Kharagpur
Lat 22° 19' 60N Long 87° 19' 60E
Kharagpur Airfield
Wartime Airfield
Ledo
Mile Zero of the "Ledo
Road" spanned 1,100 miles to Kunming, China, built by the Americans
with Indian labor, led by General Louis Pick. On
January 12, 1945 the first American convoy "Pick's First Convoy"
of 113 vehicles began the trip. However, the
total tonnage brought over the road by truck until the end of the
war did
not equal that flown over the Hump in a single month.
Nampong
A few miles from Ledo, site of the
last bridge in India, "Hells Gate" before the border with Burma at
Pangsau Pass.
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November 24, 2011
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