2024年2月29日 · During World War II, the airport was known as Yunnani (Siangyun) Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign beginning in September 1944. The airfield was primarily used by transport (C-46 Commando, C-47 Skytrain) squadrons arriving from India after flying over “the Hump”.

Yunnanyi Airport, formerly known as Xiangyun Airport and during WWII as Beitun Airport, is a military airport in western Xiangyun County, Yunnan province, China. During the Second World War, there were two airports in Xiangyun County: Yunnanyi Airport (after the nearby town, Yunnanyi ) and Beitun Airport (北屯机场). The original Yunnanyi ...

Following the outbreak of the Pacific War and the loss of the Burma Road, Yunnanyi became the westernmost airfield on the China side of the "Hump" route from India. This new status resulted in its constant garrisoning by the fighter squadrons from the …

During World War II, the airport was known as Yunnani (Siangyun) Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourteenth Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign beginning in September 1944. The airfield was primarily used by transport (C-46 Commando, C-47 Skytrain) squadrons arriving from India after flying over "the Hump".

Today located in the People's Republic of China. Wartime American spelling "Kunglai". Also spelled "Chunglai". Runway was 6,000' long, elevation 6,000' oriented north to south. Base operations were on the western side of the runway, along with most of the aircraft revetments. The hardstand is on the northern end.

2024年10月14日 · They flew planes over the Himalayan Mountains during WW2 and may have information regarding the direction-finding team and airfield. There was some reunion books printed some years ago (4 volumes I think) from members who served in the CBI.

The USAAF got established in Yunnanyi in in December 1942, and used the airfield as an Air Transport Command staging base. It contained large storage facilities for equipment and supplies, primarily food and ammunition, and was one of the main offloading places for transport aircraft arriving from India over the "Hump".

2024年3月4日 · Yunnanyi airstrips. Location per Jackson, Dan, Fallen Tigers (Lexington KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2021), p 176.)) He flew an F5E, a P-38 stripped of armament to minimize weight and make room for high altitude aerial photography equipment: 1

WWII-era airport in Xiangyun, Yunnan, China. Abandoned in 1949.

Yunnanyi was the base of the Flying Tigers (AVG) and later on the American Fourteenth Air Force near the occupied western part of Yunnan. The base in Baoshan was near the front line and therefore not protected by the early warning system set up by Chennault.