The 40th evacuated staging fields in China in January 1945 due to the Japanese offensive in South China which threatened the forward staging bases, but continued operations from India, bombing …

Operating from bases in India, and at times staging through fields in China, the group struck such targets as transportation centers, naval installations, iron works, and aircraft plants in Burma, …

This site presents a historical documentary of the 40th Bomb Group (Very Heavy) flying its B-29 Superfortresses during the Pacific and East Asia air offensive of WW2 as part of the global 20th Air …

Chakulia was designated as the home of 40th Bombadment Group with five B-29 Squardons that was 25th, 29th, 44th, 45th and 395th. The Chakulia airport covers the area of 352.9 Acres with the …

Chakulia was designated to be the home of the 40th Bombardment Group, with initially five B-29 Squadrons (25th, 29th, 44th, 45th and 395th). The 40th arrived at the base on 2 April 1944 after …

A database of photographs, desctriptions and locations of WWII wreckage remaining in Pacific.

HQ AAF (Twentieth Air Force): HQ 40th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) begins a movement from Chakulia India to the Mariana Islands. INDIA-BURMA THEATER (Tenth Air Force): In Burma, in joint …

Assigned to 44th Bomb Squadron, 40th Bomb Group, Chakulia, India. Departed CONUS (CONtinental US) for CBI (China-India-Burma Theater of Operations) 30 December 1944; arrived Chakulia, India 6 …

Several significant military units were based at Chakulia during World War II, including the 341st Bombardment Group (B-25 Mitchells), the 40th Bombardment Group (B-29 Superfortresses), and the …

The story of the 40th Bomb Group in the Pacific is told in this fantastic account - India, China, Tinian, Japan, etc.