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Tingkawk Sakan

Airfield Identification

  1944 to 1945

  Burma


CITY: Tingkawk Sakan, Burma

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

COORDINATES: 26°07'N / 96°43'E

OTHER NAMES: Nil

Commando Operations

Tingkawk Sakan was a temporary airfield located 100 km to the northwest of Myitkyina, Burma, bordering the Ledo road. Its 1,200-meter gravel runway was carved out of a 55-meter-high teak forest in 1944 for use by USAAF 10th Air Force fighter squadrons supporting the offensive in Burma. The airfield was abandoned in 1945.

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Last edited: 19/01/2019