Barrackpore Air Force Station
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Barrackpore Air Force Station AMSL | 18 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 22°46′55″N 088°21′33″E / 22.78194°N 88.35917°E | ||||||||||
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Barrackpore Air Force Station is an
Mi-17
squadrons is based here.
History
During
Burma
. Barrackpore was also home to several Spitfire Squadrons in the early 1950s.
In 1963
Douglas Dakotas. That year two Dakotas were sent to Bandung (Husein) in Indonesia to carry air and ground crew to pick up Indonesian Air Force de Havilland Vampire fighters which were to be transferred to the IAF.[1]
Several Spitfire airframes were salvaged from Barrackpore in the 1970s and 1980s and are currently restored to flying status in the west.
Its ancillary units are 5 Tettra and 3 Tettra and Flying unit is 157 HU.[clarification needed]
References
- ^ Wing Cdr Venu Kondath (Retd), 'Ferrying Vampires from Indonesia' Archived January 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Bharat-Rakshak.com, accessed October 2011
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
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