Luliang

  Unknown date to present

  China

CITY: Luliang, Yunnan

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

COORDINATES: 24°59'N / 103°39'E

OTHER NAMES: Luliang Air Base

During World War II, the airfield was used by the USAAF 14^th Air Force as part of the China Defensive Campaign (1942–1945). The airfield was the primary home of the 23^rd Fighter Group (Flying Tigers), and its command and control organization, the 68^th Composite Wing beginning in September 1944 until the end of the war in 1945. Secondary USAAF units assigned to the base were P-38 Lightning reconnaissance aircraft that flew photo-recon missions over Japanese-held territory, and transport aurcraft which moved personnel and materiel in and out of the base, along with evacuating casualties to rear areas. The Americans closed their facilities at Luliang after the war ended in October 1945.

The airfield is now called Luliang Air Base, a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force base.

1343^rd AAF Base Unit (Luliang)

Air Transport Command, India-China Wing (December 1942 to December 1944)

Air Transport Command, India-China Division, China Wing (December 1944 to February 1946)

20^th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2^nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile) (November 1944 to June 1945)

1^st Combat Cargo Group, 3^rd Combat Cargo Squadron (August 1945 to September 1945)

• Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando: 42-96699
• Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando: 43-47169
• Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando: 43-47338