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Hathazari Airfield
Part ofTenth Air Force
Hathazari,Bangladesh
Site information
Type	Military airfield
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Location
Hailakandi Airfield
Coordinates	22°30′36″N091°47′25″E / 22.51000°N 91.79028°E /22.51000; 91.79028
Site history
Built	1944
In use	1944-1945
Battles/wars	Burma Campaign 1944-1945

Hathazari Airfield is a former wartimeUnited States Army Air Forces airfield inBangladesh that was used during theBurma Campaign in 1945. It is no longer in use.

The airfield was located near therailhead on themain railroad line toChittagong.^{[citation needed]} It was used by the1st Combat Cargo Group as a supply point and staging airfield for resupply airlift drops overBurma from May 1945 until June 1945.^[1] It was also used by the 128th Army Communications System Squadron as a radio relay station. OtherDouglas C-47 Skytrain andCurtiss C-46 Commando-equipped transport units used the airfield until it closed in September 1945.^{[citation needed]}

Between December 1944 and April 1945, theNo. 117 Squadron RAF used this airfield as their base.^[2] They were joined by a detachment of theNo. 62 Squadron RAF in December 1944. The No. 62 Squadron remained at the airfield until March 1945.^[3]

Between February 1945 and May 1945 theNo. 31 Squadron RAF was assigned to this airfield.^[4] TheNo. 177 Squadron RAF was the last Royal Air Force squadron to be assigned to this airfield before it was closed.^[5]

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