Tingkawk Sakan Airfield.png) | |
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| Part ofTenth Air Force | |
| Tingkawk Sakan,Burma | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Location | |
  Tingkawk Sakan Airfield | |
| Coordinates | 26°07′16″N096°43′24″E / 26.12111°N 96.72333°E /26.12111; 96.72333 (Approximate) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1944 |
| In use | 1944-1945 |
| Battles/wars | Burma Campaign 1944-1945 |
Tingkawk Sakan Airfield is a former wartimeUnited States Army Air Forces airfield inBurma used during theBurma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.
The airfield was a temporary field with a 4,000-foot runway consisting of gravel carved out of a 200-foot-high teak forest with temperatures running well above 100 °F (38 °C). The airfield was used by the311th Fighter Group, beginning in late May 1944, flyingNorth American P-51C Mustangs.
In August 1944, the8th Reconnaissance Group, based at Barrackpore, India, sent a detachment of the 20th Reconnaissance Squadron to fly reconnaissance missions from the field with F-5s (Lockheed P-38 Lightning). The detachment moved out in November.
The 311th was replaced in August by the80th Fighter Group, flyingRepublic P-47 Thunderbolts until January 1945 when the group moved toMyitkyina Airfield and the facility was closed.
Today, the airfield is abandoned, and has been reclaimed by the forest from which it was carved out of. A disturbed vegetation region in satellite imagery shows its approximate location.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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