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Revision as of 15:13, 17 April 2011
| India-China Division | |
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| Active | 1942–1946 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Air Force |
| Role | Air Transport |
| Engagements | World War II |
The India-China Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Air Transport Command, stationed at Dum Dum Airport (Cazes Air Base) Calcutta, British India. It was inactivated in 1946.
The organization (ICWATC) was formed from a consolidation of Tenth Air Force units in December 1942. It's mission was the air transport of supplies, personnel, equipment and aircraft within India and China during World War II.
History
Lineage
- Activated as India-China Wing on 1 December 1942
- Assumed personnel and equipment of Tenth Air Force The Trans-India Ferry Command, inactivated.
- Inactivated in 1946.
Assignments
- Air Transport Command, 1 December 1942-1946
Components
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Stations
| ATC Station Number | AAF Base Unit | Name | Coordinates | Notes |
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| 1 | 1300th | HQ, India-China Division, ATC Hastings AAB Calcutta, India |
22°33′03″N 088°19′45″E / 22.55083°N 88.32917°E | HQ Moved from New Delhi in 1944 to be closer to operational areas. Non-flying base, location approximate. Inactivated 15 February 1946. Remains visible now part of urban area.[1] |
| 19 | 1305th | Dum Dum Airport Calcutta, India |
22°39′17″N 088°26′48″E / 22.65472°N 88.44667°E | Inactivated 14 December 1945 |
| 2 | 1325th | HQ, Assam Wing Chabua Airfield, India |
27°27′44″N 095°07′05″E / 27.46222°N 95.11806°E | Inactivated 15 October 1945 |
| 3 | 1325th | HQ, Bengal Wing Tejgaon Airport, India |
23°46′43″N 090°22′57″E / 23.77861°N 90.38250°E | Inactivated 15 June 1946 |
| 8 | 1307th | Hq, India Wing Willingdon Airfield New Delhi, India |
28°35′04″N 077°12′21″E / 28.58444°N 77.20583°E | Inactivated 5 December 1945 |
| 13 | 1340th | Hq, China Wing Kunming Airport, China |
24°59′32″N 102°44′36″E / 24.99222°N 102.74333°E | On route Easy Inactivated 25 November 1945 |
| RAF Agartala, India | 23°53′24″N 091°14′32″E / 23.89000°N 91.24222°E | ATC staging airfield on Transport Route "Nan" (Barrackpore, India Eastbound to Szemao, China). Primarily 10th AF Combat Cargo support airfield for support of British and United States forces in Burma. Also used by 10th AF and RAF. USAAF ended operations June 1945. Now Agartala Airport, Bangladesh (IATA: IXA, ICAO: VEAT).[2] | ||
| 17 | 1303d | Agra Airfield, India | 27°09′27″N 077°57′39″E / 27.15750°N 77.96083°E | Built by USAAF, First American personnel arrived 19 March 1942 [3]. On Trans-India ferrying route from Karachi to Calcutta. Major ATSC Depot and ATC transshipment facility. ATSC Central Indian Air Depot, 3d Air Depot Group. ATC ended operations December 1945, USAAF May 1946. [4] Today Agra is a an Indian Air Force airbase Agra Air Force Station as well as public/civil airport. (IATA: AGR, ICAO: VIAG). |
| 1304th | Barrackpore Airfield, India | 22°46′55″N 088°21′33″E / 22.78194°N 88.35917°E | Airfield established by RAF in June 1943, taken over by USAAF in October.[5] Became transshipment and major Air Depot for ATC transport and ferrying operations to China, Origin of Transport Route "Nan" (Barrackpore Eastbound to Szemao, China), and terminus of Transport Rotue "Oboe" (Kunming China Westbound to Barrackpore). Also supported 10th AF Combat Cargo operations into Burma for support of British and United States ground forces. USAAF operations ended March 1946.[6] Now IAF Barrackpore Air Force Station. | |
| Bhamo Airfield, Burma | 24°16′06″N 097°14′54″E / 24.26833°N 97.24833°E | Built by Japanese, sized in January 1945 by British forces during the Battle of Bhamo.[7] Became 10th Air Force airfield. Used by ATC as staging airfield on Transport Route "Oboe" (Kunming China westbound to Barrackpore, India), primarily for Combat Cargo resupply and causality transport. Closed December 1945[8] Now civil airport (IATA: BMO, ICAO: VYBM). | ||
| 6 | 1333d | Chabua Airfield, India | 27°27′44″N 095°07′05″E / 27.46222°N 95.11806°E | On Route Able. Inactivated 25 December 1945 |
| 30 | 1342d | Chanyi Airfield, China | 25°35′32″N 103°49′43″E / 25.59222°N 103.82861°E | Inactivated on 12 October 1945 |
| 15 | 1339th | Chengkung Airfield, China | 25°45′30″N 102°48′14″E / 25.75833°N 102.80389°E | Inactivated 20 October 1945 |
| Dinjan Airfield, India | 27°32′16″N 095°16′10″E / 27.53778°N 95.26944°E | On Route Able. Also used by 10th Air Force. | ||
| 23 | 1334th | Golaghat Airfield, India | 26°29′17″N 093°59′24″E / 26.48806°N 93.99000°E | On Route Easy. Inactivated on 7 March 1945 |
| Hsinching Airfield, China | 30°25′13″N 103°50′41″E / 30.42028°N 103.84472°E | Hub on routes Able and Roger. Also used by XX Bomber Command and 14th Air Force. Now Xinjin Airport | ||
| 4 | 1335th | Jorhat Airfield, India | 26°43′54″N 094°10′32″E / 26.73167°N 94.17556°E | On Route Charlie. Inactivated 15 June 1946 |
| Karachi Airport, India | 23°26′14″N 091°11′22″E / 23.43722°N 91.18944°E | On Route Nan | ||
| 22 | 1329th | Deragon Airfield, India | 21°12′22″N 079°12′23″E / 21.20611°N 79.20639°E | Inactivated on 18 July 1945 Location approximate, obliterated. Replaced by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport. |
| Fenny Airfield, India | 23°02′06″N 091°23′37″E / 23.03500°N 91.39361°E | On Nan Route. Also used by 10th Air Force. | ||
| 26 | Fort Hertz Airfield, Burma | 27°19′48″N 097°25′35″E / 27.33000°N 97.42639°E | ||
| 20 | 1311th | Gaya Airfield, India | 24°44′40″N 084°57′04″E / 24.74444°N 84.95111°E | Also 8th Operational Training Unit. Inactivated on 5 December 1945 |
| 23 | 1334th | Golaghat Airfield, India | 26°29′17″N 093°59′24″E / 26.48806°N 93.99000°E | Inactivated on 7 March 1945 |
| 27 | 1309th | HAL Airport Bangalore, India |
12°57′00″N 077°40′06″E / 12.95000°N 77.66833°E | Inactivated on 15 October 1945 |
| Hsichang Airfield | 27°59′28″N 102°11′03″E / 27.99111°N 102.18417°E | Hub on Route Able | ||
| Indainggale Airfield, Burma | 23°11′19″N 094°03′06″E / 23.18861°N 94.05167°E | Hub on Route Nan | ||
| Ipin Airfield, China | 28°48′02″N 104°32′46″E / 28.80056°N 104.54611°E | Hub on Routes Able and Mike. Now Yibin Airport/Air Base | ||
| 4 | 1335th | Jorhat Airfield, India | 26°43′54″N 094°10′32″E / 26.73167°N 94.17556°E | Inactivated 15 June 1946 |
| 28 | 1308th | Juhu Airport Bombay, India |
19°05′53″N 072°50′02″E / 19.09806°N 72.83389°E | Inactivated on 13 November 1945 |
| 16 | 1306th | Karachi Airport, India | 24°54′24″N 067°09′39″E / 24.90667°N 67.16083°E | Inactivated 3 January 1946 |
| Katha Airfield, Burma | 24°09′17″N 096°19′38″E / 24.15472°N 96.32722°E | On Route Obo, Obliterated. | ||
| 1346th | Kurmitola Airfield, India | 23°50′34″N 090°24′02″E / 23.84278°N 90.40056°E | On Oboe Route. | |
| 10 | 1326th | Lalmanir Hat Airfield, India | 25°53′33″N 089°25′41″E / 25.89250°N 89.42806°E | Inactivated 26 October 1945. Now abandoned, extensive amount of remains visible |
| Lashio Airfield, Burma | 22°58′39″N 097°45′09″E / 22.97750°N 97.75250°E | On Route Nan | ||
| Likiang Airfield, China | 26°40′45″N 100°14′45″E / 26.67917°N 100.24583°E | Now Lijiang Airport. | ||
| Liulang Airfield, China | 24°59′17″N 103°38′27″E / 24.98806°N 103.64083°E | On Routes Nan and Easy. Also used by 14th Air Force. Now CAF Liulang Air Base. | ||
| Loping Airfield, China | 24°50′42″N 104°18′31″E / 24.84500°N 104.30861°E | Hub of Routes Easy and Mike. Also used by 14th Air Force. | ||
| Lushien Airfield, China | 28°51′09″N 105°23′34″E / 28.85250°N 105.39278°E | Terminus of Route Able. Now Lantianzhen Air Base | ||
| Mangshih Airfield, China | 24°24′01″N 098°31′53″E / 24.40028°N 98.53139°E | On Route Fox. Now Mangshih Airport | ||
| Manipur Road Airfield, India | 25°53′01″N 093°46′19″E / 25.88361°N 93.77194°E | On Route Fox. Now Dimapur Airport/Air Base | ||
| Mengasa Airfield | 23°52′33″N 100°05′59″E / 23.87583°N 100.09972°E | On Route Oboe. Obliterated, now part of urban area of Linxiang | ||
| 11 | 1328th | Misamari Airfield, India | 26°49′01″N 092°35′52″E / 26.81694°N 92.59778°E | On Route Able. Inactivated 20 October 1945 |
| 9 | 1332d | Mohanbari Airfield, India | 27°29′02″N 095°01′01″E / 27.48389°N 95.01694°E | On Route Able. Inactivated 5 December 1945 |
| 21 | 1331st | Moran Airfield, India | 27°08′34″N 094°54′15″E / 27.14278°N 94.90417°E | Inactivated on 7 March 1945 |
| Myitkyina Airfield, Burma | 25°23′01″N 097°21′06″E / 25.38361°N 97.35167°E | Hub on Peter, Fox and Oboe Routes. Also used by 10th Air Force. | ||
| 18 | 1312th | Ondal Airfield, India | 23°35′38″N 087°13′28″E / 23.59389°N 87.22444°E | Inactivated on 7 February 1945 |
| Paoshan Airfield, China | 25°03′13″N 099°10′04″E / 25.05361°N 99.16778°E | On Route Easy. Now Baoshan Airport | ||
| Peishiyi Airfield, China | 29°29′46″N 106°21′32″E / 29.49611°N 106.35889°E | On Route Roger. Also used by 14th AF. Now: Chongqing Baishiyi Air Base | ||
| 1306th | RAF Jiwani, India | 25°04′04″N 061°48′20″E / 25.06778°N 61.80556°E | Former British Imperial Airways airport on Cairo-Karachi route, used by ATC as a refueling field for ferrying aircraft over Middle East or Central African Route to Karachi. 973 miles (1,566 km). USAAF operations at base ended, September 1945.[9] | |
| 29 | 1310th | RAF Station Negombo Colombo, Ceylon |
07°10′52″N 079°53′01″E / 7.18111°N 79.88361°E | Inactivated on 19 October 1945 |
| 25 | Ranchi Airfield, India | 23°18′51″N 085°19′18″E / 23.31417°N 85.32167°E | ||
| Rupsi Airfield, India | 26°08′28″N 089°54′25″E / 26.14111°N 89.90694°E | Terminus of Routes Able and Easy. | ||
| Sadiya Airfield, India | 27°50′35″N 095°40′00″E / 27.84306°N 95.66667°E | Location approximate Airfield today obliterated by redevelopment. | ||
| Sahmaw Airfield, Burma | 25°13′38″N 096°47′36″E / 25.22722°N 96.79333°E | Hub on Routes Obo and Fox. Location approximate Airfield today obliterated by redevelopment. | ||
| Shamshernagar Airfield, India | 24°23′41″N 091°55′00″E / 24.39472°N 91.91667°E | Hub on Routed Oboe | ||
| 7 | 1337th | Sookerating Airfield, India | 27°33′10″N 095°34′14″E / 27.55278°N 95.57056°E | Inactivated 25 November 1945 |
| Szemao Airfield, China | 22°47′41″N 100°57′32″E / 22.79472°N 100.95889°E | On Route Nan | ||
| Tamu Airfield, Burma | 24°12′21″N 094°18′19″E / 24.20583°N 94.30528°E | On Route Obo. Obliterated, now part of urban area. | ||
| 1345th | Tezgaon Airfield, India | 23°46′39″N 090°22′59″E / 23.77750°N 90.38306°E | On Route Obo | |
| 5 | 1327th | Tezpur Airfield, India | 26°42′44″N 092°47′14″E / 26.71222°N 92.78722°E | On Route Able Inactivated 26 October 1945 |
| Tsuyung Airfield, China | 25°00′39″N 101°33′57″E / 25.01083°N 101.56583°E | On Route Easy. Obliterated, now part of urban area of Chuxiong | ||
| Tulihal Airfield, India | 26°45′36″N 093°53′48″E / 26.76000°N 93.89667°E | On Route Obo | ||
| 14 | 1341st | Yangkai Airfield, China | 25°24′14″N 103°06′46″E / 25.40389°N 103.11278°E | Inactivated 10 September 1945 |
| 12 | 1338th | Yunnanyi Airfield, China | 25°26′44″N 100°44′05″E / 25.44556°N 100.73472°E | Inactivated 10 October 1945 |
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- The Army Almanac, Armed Forces Information School (U.S), Washington. D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1950
- India-China Wing