Sookerating

  1942 to present

  India

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CITY: Sookerating

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

COORDINATES: 27°33'N / 95°34'E

OTHER NAMES: Sookerating Air Force Station

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 10^th 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.

1337^th AAF Base Unit (Sookerating)

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

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

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

• Curtiss C-46A-5-CK Commando: 43-46983, 43-46996
• Curtiss C-46A-20-CU Commando: 41-24688
• Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando: 41-24697, 41-24704, 41-24710, 41-24714, 41-24722, 41-24726
• Curtiss C-46A-30-CU Commando: 41-24770, 42-3568
• Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando: 42-3588, 42-3602 , 42-3603, 42-3611, 42-3613, 42-3627, 42-3631, 42-3633, 42-3639
• Curtiss C-46A-36-CU Commando: 42-3668, 42-3671, 42-3682, 42-3683
• Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando: 42-107328, 42-107339
• Curtiss C-46A-41-CU Commando: 42-60950, 42-60954, 42-61039, 42-61072, 42-61084, 42-107300, 42-107302
• Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando: 42-96537, 42-96552, 42-96559, 42-96579, 42-96739
• Curtiss C-46A-55-CK Commando: 43-47069
• Curtiss C-46A-60-CK Commando: 43-47213