RAF Ondal
Airfield Identification
January 1943 to February 1945
India
CITY: Ondal, West Bengal
IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil
COORDINATES: 23°36'N / 87°13'E
OTHER NAMES: RAF Ondal, Andal
Commando Operations
RAF Ondal was a Royal Air Force station opened in January 1943. It was also used by the USAAF 10th Air Force, as a base for B-25 medium bombers. Finally, it was used by the Air Transport Command as a ferrying station on the Trans-India route to Assam. RAF Ondal was inactivated on 7 February 1945 and subsequently abandonned. Today, it has become the site of Andal Aerotropolis, a metropolis project centered around an airport.
Units & operators based
1312th AAF Base Unit (RAF Ondal)
Air Transport Command, India-China Wing Station 18 (December 1943 - August 1944)
4th Combat Cargo Group (November 1945 to February 1946)
4th Combat Cargo Group, 16th Combat Cargo Squadron (November 1945 to December 1945)
Last edited: 07/07/2019