Zhanyi Airport (Chinese: 沾益机场) is a former civilian airport and military air base, located about 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Zhanyi, Yunnan Province in the People’s Republic of China.
Zhanyi Airport 沾益机场 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Location | Zhanyi, Yunnan, China | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°35′32″N 103°49′43″E / 25.59222°N 103.82861°E | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  Zhanyi Airport Location of airport in Yunnan | |||||||||||
 | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Zhanyi Airport | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | 沾益机场 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 霑益機場 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
History
editDuring World War II, the airport was known as Chanyi (Changyi) Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign. The airport primarily was a reconnaissance base, with photo mapping and combat aerial photography units flying combat mapping and photo flights over Japanese-held territory from September 1944 until September 1945. In addition, some B-25 Mitchell medium bomber and C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft used the airport. The Americans closed their facilities at the airport in early October 1945.
Incidents
editOn October 29, 1940, the Chongqing was strafed by Japanese fighters after it landed. Of the 9 passengers and 3 crew, 7 passengers and 2 crew died.[1]
References
edit
- ^ Crouch, p. 219 - In: Gregory Crouch (2012). "Chapter 17: Ventricular tachycardia". China's Wings: War, Intrigue, Romance and Adventure in the Middle Kingdom during the Golden Age of Flight. Bantam Books. pp. 218–220 (In EPub version 3.1: pp. 240–242). ISBN 978-0345532350.
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
- Airfields & Seaplane Anchorages China
- USAFHRA search Chanyi