RAF AIRPORT 1942-45
India /
Bangla /
Asansol /
World
/ India
/ Bangla
/ Asansol
World / India / West Bengal / Barddhaman
airport, Second World War 1939-1945, abandoned / shut down, RAF - Royal Air Force
RAF-Asansol. Used by British primarily & USAF also.
FOLLOWING WERE THE UNITS POSTED HERE ALONG WITH TIME:
No 91 Air Sores Park (22 Sep 1941 - 9 Oct 1942)
No 60 Repair & Salvage Unit (13 Jan - 15 Feb 1942)
No 1 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Feb - 18 Mar 1942)
No 4 (India) Maintenance Unit (1 Feb - 18 Mar 1942)
No 122 Repair & Salvage Unit (18 Mar - 1 Oct 1942)
No 5 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (10 - 29 Apr 1942)
HQ, No 221 Group (18 Aug - 12 Dec 1942)
No 221 Group Communication Flt (18 Aug - 12 Dec 1942)
HQ, No 167 Wing (1 Oct - 20 Dec 1942)
No 82 Repair & Salvage Unit (23 Dec 1942 - 1 Apr 1943)
HQ, No 168 Wing (16 Feb - 25 May 1943)
No 1 Reserve Aircraft Pool (Bombers)(12 Apr - 4 May 1943)
No 326 Maintenance Unit (4 May - 30 Nov 1943)
No 3 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May 1943 - Jul 1944)
No 124 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (2 Jul - 3 Sep 1943)
FOLLOWING WERE THE UNITS POSTED HERE ALONG WITH TIME:
No 91 Air Sores Park (22 Sep 1941 - 9 Oct 1942)
No 60 Repair & Salvage Unit (13 Jan - 15 Feb 1942)
No 1 Repair & Salvage Unit (1 Feb - 18 Mar 1942)
No 4 (India) Maintenance Unit (1 Feb - 18 Mar 1942)
No 122 Repair & Salvage Unit (18 Mar - 1 Oct 1942)
No 5 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (10 - 29 Apr 1942)
HQ, No 221 Group (18 Aug - 12 Dec 1942)
No 221 Group Communication Flt (18 Aug - 12 Dec 1942)
HQ, No 167 Wing (1 Oct - 20 Dec 1942)
No 82 Repair & Salvage Unit (23 Dec 1942 - 1 Apr 1943)
HQ, No 168 Wing (16 Feb - 25 May 1943)
No 1 Reserve Aircraft Pool (Bombers)(12 Apr - 4 May 1943)
No 326 Maintenance Unit (4 May - 30 Nov 1943)
No 3 Care & Maintenance Party (7 May 1943 - Jul 1944)
No 124 (Mobile) Repair & Salvage Unit (2 Jul - 3 Sep 1943)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 23°39'49"N 87°1'52"E
- Andal Airport (AAI) 19 km
- Chakulia Airfield Area WW2 137 km
- Kalaikunda Air Force Station 147 km
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport 180 km
- Hasimara Air Force Station 412 km
- Pakyong 428 km
- Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport, Babatpur, Varanasi (U.P.) 469 km
- Gorakhpur Airport / Airforce Station (AFS) 499 km
- Saifai Airstrip 882 km
- Trishul Air base - Bareilly Airport / Airforce Station 927 km
- kalipahari-ningha gunjan park--Founded by Amit Kumar Chourasia 0.4 km
- KALI PAHARI AGENT OFFICE COLONY 0.9 km
- lake 1.1 km
- MISRI BAN TALAW.BY KALIM 1.2 km
- chanda 1.6 km
- P.N. Mukherjee Road 1.8 km
- Chapui Khas Colliery 1.8 km
- my birth place kuardi colleary 9no pintu 1.9 km
- Shib Danga Colliery 2.1 km
- Damra Hattala 2.5 km