Laohwangping Airfield

Laohwangping Airfield
Part of Fourteenth Air Force
Guizhou Province, China
Laohwangping Airfield
Coordinates	27°00′00″N 107°45′35″E / 27.00000°N 107.75972°E / 27.00000; 107.75972
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Battles/wars	China Defensive Campaign 1942-1945

P-51 Mustang flightline, Laohwangping Airfield, June 1945.

Laohwangping Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located approximately 1 mile west of Jiuzhou Zhen (Guizhou Province) in the People’s Republic of China.

History

The airfield was the primary home of the 35th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, which flew unarmed P-38 Lightning photo-reconnaissance aircraft from the airfield beginning in February 1945 until the end of the war. It was also the home of the 23d Fighter Group 76th Fighter Squadron, equipped with P-51 Mustangs in February 1945.

Records indicate this was most likely a very temporary facility, with a compressed earth runway with tents and small wooden buildings used for a support facility. It appears to have been closed and dismantled in September 1945 after the war ended, with the land being returned to agricultural use. The available satellite image of this area of China is very low resolution and it is difficult to determine if any relics of the airfield exist.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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
Airfields & Seaplane Anchorages China
USAFHRA Document search - Laohwangping

External links

USAAF Fourteenth Air Force in World War II

Previously: 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) "Flying Tigers" (Dec 1941-July 1942) China Air Task Force (July 1942-Mar 1943)

Airfields

China	Ankang Chanyi Chengkung Chengtu Chihkiang Hanchung Hankow Hsian Hsingching Huhsien Kanchow Kiangwan Kunming Kwanghan Kweilin Laifeng Laohwangping Loping Liangshan Liuchow Luliang Nanning Peishiyi Pungchacheng Shwangliu Suichwan Tsuyung Yangkai Yunnani

Units

Wings

Groups

Bombardment	308th Bombardment 341st Bombardment 402d Bombardment

Fighter	23d Fighter 33d Fighter 51st Fighter 81st Fighter 311th Fighter 476th Fighter

Transport	443d Troop Carrier

Squadrons

Combat Cargo	1st Combat Cargo 2d Combat Cargo 11th Combat Cargo

Night Fighter	426th Night Fighter 427th Night Fighter

Reconnaissance	21st Photographic Reconnaissance 35th Photographic Reconnaissance

Transport	322d Troop Carrier

United States Army Air Forces

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