Liangshan Airfield

Type   81 Air Base
Historical Name of Location   Chongqing, China
Coordinates   30.679444000, 107.786111000

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ww2dbaseThe Liangshan Airfield airfield in the Chinese war time capital of Chongqing was used by the US Army Air Force as a base for C-47 Skytrain transports and for photographic reconnaissance variant of P-38 Lightning aircraft. A contingent of fighters were located here for defense. The base was closed shortly after the end of WW2. The airfield re-opened between 14 Jul 1988 and 25 May 2003 and operated as the civilian Liangping Airport.

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20 May 1940 24 G3M bombers of Japanese 13th Air Group attacked Liangshan Airfield in Chongqing, China in the morning at the altitude of 14,700 feet. They were intercepted by eight I-16 fighters of 24th Pursuit Squadron of Chinese Air Force 4th Pursuit Group. The Chinese fighters shot down a G3M bomber, damaged two others (Chinese pilots claimed these as kills but they were able to make it back to base), and shot down an accompanying Ki-15-II aircraft in an observation role. The Chinese lost two I-16 fighters, which were written off due to heavy damage.
6 Jun 1943 8 Japanese light bombers escorted by 14 fighters attacked Liangshan Airfield in Chongqing, China, destroying 12 P-40 fighters and 1 other aircraft on the ground. Captain Zhou Zhikai, who had just landed in a P-40E fighter after a ground support mission, commandeered a P-66 Vanguard fighter belonging to US Army Air Forces parked nearby and shot down two Ki-48 aircraft and damaged another. Zhou was later awarded the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun for this action.




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