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CBI Scenery Project
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UncleTgt
SOH-CM-2026
Some of you might have wondered why I stopped before reaching Cox's Bazar...
Well, that's in a whole new country...
... & it would mean going further up the coast too...
Mind you, it would be nice to have somewhere to fly Acwai's "Twin Dragons" P-38's from
, & they flew out of Chittagong.
Well, that's in a whole new country...
... & it would mean going further up the coast too...Mind you, it would be nice to have somewhere to fly Acwai's "Twin Dragons" P-38's from
, & they flew out of Chittagong.
UncleTgt
SOH-CM-2026
Just north of Chittagong field was Double Moorings.
In operation from mid-43 onwards, this field was mainly used by the squadrons of the newly-created Indian Air Force.
Here's a shot showing both locations at the mouth of the river - Chittagong town was a little further up river (to the right).
In operation from mid-43 onwards, this field was mainly used by the squadrons of the newly-created Indian Air Force.
Here's a shot showing both locations at the mouth of the river - Chittagong town was a little further up river (to the right).
Shadow Wolf 07
SOH-CM-2025
Outstanding work!
UncleTgt
SOH-CM-2026
Thanks guys. I'm just trying to garner some interest for a neglected part of WWII's air campaigns, especially from prospective mission creators.
It was a tough slog from both the RAF & IJAAF perspectives.
After the initial sweeping moves, IJAAF assets were often outnumbered & so often resorted to tip & run type operations or fighter sweeps, redeploying to safer rear area bases in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam & Thailand after ops & just using many of the Burmese strips as forward operating bases.
RAF assets suffered from a slow build up of numbers, often of "second class" aircraft types. Similarly they also suffered from a slow development of bases across India from which to base any offensive operations.
The Arakan campaign of '43 taught the RAF some hard lessons, as the Hurricane sqns suffered at the hands of superior quality pilots equipped with tight turning Oscars.
It was only after the final IJA gambit was broken at Kohima/Imphal/Admin Box in the spring of '44 that Allied air power truly began to transform the ground war, especially with the innovation of air supply techniques.
It was a tough slog from both the RAF & IJAAF perspectives.
After the initial sweeping moves, IJAAF assets were often outnumbered & so often resorted to tip & run type operations or fighter sweeps, redeploying to safer rear area bases in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam & Thailand after ops & just using many of the Burmese strips as forward operating bases.
RAF assets suffered from a slow build up of numbers, often of "second class" aircraft types. Similarly they also suffered from a slow development of bases across India from which to base any offensive operations.
The Arakan campaign of '43 taught the RAF some hard lessons, as the Hurricane sqns suffered at the hands of superior quality pilots equipped with tight turning Oscars.
It was only after the final IJA gambit was broken at Kohima/Imphal/Admin Box in the spring of '44 that Allied air power truly began to transform the ground war, especially with the innovation of air supply techniques.
UncleTgt
SOH-CM-2026
For any advance back into Burma through the Arakan coast, a whole infrastructure needed to be built closer to the border. The road wasn't a road at all, it was little more than a track, & there was nothing south of Chittagong for aircraft to use.
Nonetheless, the coast seemed the "easiest" route so through the 2nd half of 1942 a myriad of advance landing grounds were created between Chittagong & the Burmese border. Later these would include a handful of strips inside the border itself, & this hotch-potch of landing grounds were added to again for the 1944 offensive.
Approaching Cox's Bazar from the West
And overhead the town itself, looking West
Nonetheless, the coast seemed the "easiest" route so through the 2nd half of 1942 a myriad of advance landing grounds were created between Chittagong & the Burmese border. Later these would include a handful of strips inside the border itself, & this hotch-potch of landing grounds were added to again for the 1944 offensive.
Approaching Cox's Bazar from the West
And overhead the town itself, looking West
