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PIARDOBA AIRFIELD CBI 1944 USAF 462 nd BOMBARDMENT GROUP B24,B29 BASE

India / Bangla / Bishnupur /
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It was base of Anti Japanese US air force .four B-29 Squadrons 768th, 769th, 770th and 771st. Support elements of the group included the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Bomb Maintenance Squadrons; the 13th Photo Lab, and the 86th Air Service Group.
According to military historians, at least a dozen aircraft have crashed in the small triangle formed by Piardoba (Bankura) in West Bengal, Chakulia in Jharkhand and Amarda Road Airfield in Odisha.

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Coordinates:   22°59'24"N   87°17'58"E
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