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Sookerating

Airfield Identification

  1942 to present

  India


CITY: Sookerating

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

COORDINATES: 27°33'N / 95°34'E

OTHER NAMES: Sookerating Air Force Station

Commando Operations

Sookerating was built by the RAF in 1942, and served initially as a fighter base to defend the Assam Valley against Japanese forces advancing from Burma. From late 1944, the airfield became an auxiliary field to Chabua. From 1944, it became a major transport base for the 10th Air Force and Air Transport Command's India-China Wing (later Division). From the airfield, numerous Commandos flew east into China over "the Hump" to resupply Allied forces there.

It is now a secondary airport for the Indian Air Force, which operates much more actively from other air bases in the region.

Units & operators based

1337th AAF Base Unit (Sookerating)

Air Transport Command, India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group (June 1943 to December 1943)

Air Transport Command, India-China Wing, Station 7 (December 1943 to August 1944)

20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 3rd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile) (January 1945 to June 1945)

Commandos based at ATC ICW Station 7 / 1337th AAF Base Unit

Last edited: 11/05/2022