Sahmaw

Sahmaw Airfield
Sahmaw Airfield
Part of Tenth Air Force
Sahmaw, Burma
	Sahmaw Airfield
Coordinates	25°13′37″N 096°47′39″E / 25.22694°N 96.79417°E (Approximate)
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1944
In use	1944-1945
Battles/wars	Burma Campaign 1944-1945

Sahmaw is a town in Kachin State, Myanmar.^[1]

Second World War[edit]

During the Burma Campaign 1944-1945 in the Second World War, Sahmaw was the site of a United States Army Air Forces airfield, now abandoned.

The airfield was a temporary combat airfield used by the 33d Fighter Group between 26 December 1944 and 4 May 1945, flying P-47 Thunderbolts and P-38 Lightnings. It was also used by the 71st Liaison Squadron, between 15 October and 16 January 1945, flying L-4 Piper Cubs and UC-64A Norseman light aircraft.

After the Americans moved out, the airfield was abandoned and was returned to agricultural use.^{[citation needed]}

Sahmaw was a part of the Jeep Railway, a system of trains consisting of jeeps fitted with railway wheels and running on tracks, organized by the 36th Infantry Division of the British Army during the Burma Campaign.^[2]

References[edit]

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4
www.pacificwrecks.com - Sahmaw keyword search

External links[edit]

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[1] ttps://www.tageo.com/index-e-bm-v-04-d-m639597.htm

[2] ttp://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/2648

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