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Gaya

Airfield Identification

  Unknown date to present

  India


CITY: Gaya, Bihar

IATA/ICAO CODES: GAY / VEGY

COORDINATES: 24°45'N / 84°57'E

OTHER NAMES: Gaya, Bodhgaya

Commando Operations

Gaya was used as an enroute refueling stop on the Air Transport Command Trans-India ferry route. The 8th Operational Training Unit (8 OTU) was also located there.

On 5 December 1945, Gaya was inactivated, and it later became a civilian airport.

Units & operators based

1311th AAF Base Unit (Gaya)

Air Transport Command, India-China Wing, Station 20 (December 1943 to August 1944)

Air Transport Command, 8th Operational Training Unit (8 OTU)

Commandos based at ATC ICW Station 20 / 1311th AAF Base Unit

 

Last edited: 25/06/2019