Laohwangping Airfield
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TypeMilitary airfield
ControlledbyUnited States Army Air Forces
Battles/warsChina Defensive Campaign 1942-1945
Laohwangping Airfield | |
|---|---|
| Part of Fourteenth Air Force | |
| Jiuzhou Zhen, Huangping County, Guizhou Province, Republic of China | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Location | |
  Laohwangping Airfield | |
| Coordinates | 27°00′00″N 107°45′35″E / 27.00000°N 107.75972°E |
| Site history | |
| Battles/wars | China Defensive Campaign 1942-1945 |
Laohwangping Airfield (Chinese: 旧州机场[1]) is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield, located approximately 1 mile west of Jiuzhou Zhen (旧州镇), Huangping County, Guizhou Province, then in the Republic of China.
It was designed to be a refuelling station for aircraft coming from Chihkiang Airfield, Hunan,.[1] Eventually it became the primary home of the 35th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, which flew unarmed P-38 Lightning photo-reconnaissance aircraft from the airfield beginning in February 1945 until the end of the war. It was also the home of the 23d Fighter Group 76th Fighter Squadron, equipped with P-51 Mustangs in February 1945.
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