Myitkyina Airport
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Myitkyina Airport | |||||||||||
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AMSL 174.5 m / 484 ft | | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°23′1.09″N 097°21′06.91″E / 25.3836361°N 97.3519194°E | ||||||||||
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  MYT Location of airport in Myanmar | |||||||||||
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Myitkyina Airport is a public airport in Myitkyina, Myanmar (IATA: MYT, ICAO: VYMK).
Airlines and destinations
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Yangon
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| Air Mandalay | Yangon |
Yangon
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Yangon
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Yangon
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History
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Built before
Japanese conquest of Burma. During the occupation, it was used by the Japanese Air Force as a fighter base, attacking Allied aircraft flying "the Hump" transport supply missions between India and China
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The airfield was attacked on numerous missions by Tenth Air Force and Royal Air Force fighter and bombers until it was captured by Merrill's Marauders (officially named the 6th Ranger Battalion-5307th Composite Unit (provisional)) on 17 May 1944, but fighting continued in Myitkyina town until August 1944.
Once in Allied hands, the
1st Combat Cargo Group then moved in with C-47s and remained until August when elements of the 4th Combat Cargo Group
replaced them. The 4th CCG operated supply and passenger flights between the airfield and China until December 1945 when American forces pulled out of the area at the end of the war.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
- www.pacificwrecks.com - Myitkyina keyword search
- USAFHRA document search Myitkyina
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