Guanghan Airport
Guanghan Airport Kwanghan Airfield 广汉机场 Guanghan Jichang | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | Pilot training |
| Operator | Civil Aviation Flight University of China |
| Location | Guanghan, Sichuan, China |
| Built | 1942 |
| Coordinates | 30°56′52″N 104°19′47″E / 30.94778°N 104.32972°E |
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  GHN Location of airport in Sichuan | |
Guanghan Airport (Chinese: 广汉机场) (IATA: GHN, ICAO: ZUGH) is an airport southeast of Guanghan, Sichuan, China. Formerly a military airfield known as Kwanghan Airfield (A-3) during World War II. It is now used by Civil Aviation Flight University of China for pilot training and has no commercial flights.
History
During
B-29 Superfortress raids on the Japanese Home Islands
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In 1943, The
United States Army Air Force was given rights to use the airfield to stage bombing missions from India to attack Japan.[1]
It was one of four B-29 bases established by the Americans in China.
The USAAF
Doolittle raid of 1942 that American aircraft had bombed the Japanese home islands.[1]
In addition to the bombers, the USAAF
Fungwansham.[2] With the departure of the Americans, the much-improved airfield was then returned to Chinese authorities.[1]
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ a b c Craven, Wesley Frank; James Lea Cate. "Vol. V: The Pacific: MATTERHORN to Nagasaki, June 1944 to August 1945". The Army Air Forces in World War II. U.S. Office of Air Force History. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AAF/V/index.html.
- ^ ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
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