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| Location Lat 23° 50' 36N Long 90° 23' 52E Kurmitola Airfield is located at Kurmitola near Dhaka (Dacca) in Bangladesh. Wartime History During January 1943 used by United States Army Air Force (USAAF) India Air Task Force (IATF) bombers for bombing missions against targets in Burma and Thailand. American units based at Kurmitola 311th FG, 530th FS (A-36) Oct 21 - Nov 1, 43 Dinjan returns (P-40) May 28 - Jun 11, 44 341st BG, 490th BS (B-25) Chakulia May 25, 43 - Jan 7, 44 Kunming returns August 26, 44 Dergaon 341st BG, HQ Chakulia arrives May 25, 1943–? 80th FG, 459th FS (P-38) Karachi arrives November 5, 1943 - March 4, 1944 7th BG, 9th BS (B-24) Pandaveswar June 11, 1944 - det October 6, 1944 Pandaveswar 7th BG, HQ Pandaveswar January 17 - October 6, 1944 Pandaveswar 12th BG, 434th BS (B-25) from Italy March 21, 1944 12th BG, 18th BS (B-25) from Italy March 21, 1944 Today Still in use today as "Dacca International Airport", "Zia International Airport" on "Zia Airport". Today, known as "Shahjalal International Airport" or "Shahjalal Airport". Airport codes: IATA: DAC, ICAO: VGHS. References Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport offical website Contribute
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