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Thread: In Kunming are there memories of WWII AVG & CNAC?
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[quote=ROGERINCA ,20492]Yes, you are quite correct !!The airfield construction at Chengtu, (now Chengdu) began in November, 1943 and was completed near the end of May, 1944. The construction of the four 8,500 foot long runways, for the heavy B-29’s, was accomplished in record time, with the service of 300,000 local Chinese workers, all by hand and body labor, and without the aid of any heavy construction equipment !!In a previous post, I misstated the outlying areas of Chengtu, where the airfields were constructed. The correct four sites in the Chengtu area of China, assigned to the B-29 operation were-- Kwanghan, Kuinglai, Hsinching, and Pengshan.I wonder if current residents of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, can advise if there are any historic remnants of the old airfields still remaining today ??[/quote]
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