Guskhara Airfield

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Guskhara Airfield
Part of Tenth Air Force
Guskhara, India
Guskhara Airfield Show map of West Bengal Guskhara Airfield Show map of India
Coordinates	23°28′18″N 087°47′39″E / 23.47167°N 87.79417°E / 23.47167; 87.79417
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1944
In use	1944-1945
Battles/wars	Burma Campaign 1944-1945

Guskhara Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.

History

Guskhara was a photo-recon base for the Tenth Air Force during 1944–1945. Its primary tenants were the following units:

20th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 5 January-26 March 1944

24th Combat Mapping Squadron 5 January 1944 - February 1945

35th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron (F-5/P-38) June 13, 1944 - September 1, 1944
426th Night Fighter Squadron, January–August 1945 (P-61) (Detachment)
2nd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

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
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Airfields

Burma	Bhamo Myitkyina Namponmao Sahmaw Tingkawk Sakan
India	Agartala Asansol Barrackpore Chakulia Chittagong Dinjan Dohazari Dudhkundi Dum Dum Fenny Guskhara Hailakandi Hathazari Kalaikunda Karachi Ledo Nagaghuli Nawadih Pandaveswar Panagarh Piardoba Sookerating Sylhet Tezgaon Tezpur Tulihal

Units

Groups

Air Commando	1st Air Commando 2d Air Commando
Bombardment	7th Bombardment 12th Bombardment 341st Bombardment
Combat Cargo	1st Combat Cargo 3d Combat Cargo 4th Combat Cargo
Fighter	23d Fighter 33d Fighter 51st Fighter 80th Fighter 81st Fighter 311th Fighter
Reconnaissance	8th Reconnaissance
Troop Carrier	443d Troop Carrier

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Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision	Ausgram I Ausgram II Bhatar Burdwan I Burdwan II Galsi I Galsi II
Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision	Khandaghosh Raina I Raina II Jamalpur Memari I Memari II
Kalna subdivision	Kalna I Kalna II Manteswar Purbasthali I Purbasthali II
Katwa subdivision	Katwa I Katwa II Ketugram I Ketugram II Mongalkote

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