RAF Agra

  1942 to present

  India

CITY: Agra, Uttar Pradesh

IATA/ICAO CODES: AGR / VIAG

COORDINATES: 27°09'N / 77°58'E

OTHER NAMES: RAF Agra (1942-1947), Air Force Station Agra (1947-present)

Agra was built by American forces during World War II as a Royal Air Force station. From 19 March 1942, it became a major maintenance & supply base for the USAAF Air Materiel Command as the Agra Air Depot. Agra's 3^rd Air Depot Group serviced a wide variety of fighters, bombers and transports used by 10^th and 14^th Air Forces on the China-Burma-India theatre. The depot stockpiled large amounts of material for shipment over the Himalayan Mountains by Air Transport Command cargo aircraft flying to forward airfields in China. It also was a major stopover point on the ATC Karachi to Kunming air transport route.

Air Transport Command left the Agra in December 1945, and the USAAF closed its base altogether in May 1946. Today, Agra is an Indian Air Force airbase as well as a civilian airport.

1303^rd AAF Base Unit (Agra)

Air Transport Command India-China Wing Station 17 (December 1943 to August 1944)

• Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando: 41-24690, 41-24691, 41-24693, 41-24694, 41-24696, 41-24724, 41-24728, 41-24729, 41-24739
• Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando: 41-24756, 41-24769