Chakulia Airport is an airport in India. It is located southwest of the city of Chakulia, a city and a notified area in Purbi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand.

Chakulia Airfield was built by the British in 1942 to conduct raids against advancing Japanese in Burma and also for operations to transport aid to parts of China. It was originally designed for B-24 Liberator use. In 1943 it was designated as a B-29 Superfortress Base for the planned deployment of the United States Army Air Forces XX Bomber Command to India.

When the 58th Bombardment Wing arrived at Chakulia in April 1944 the conditions at the base was poor, and the runways were still in the process of being lengthened when the first B-29s arrived.

Operational B-29 groups and squadrons assigned were:

• 40th Bombardment Group, 2 Apr 1944 – 25 Feb 1945

25th, 29th, 44th, 45th and 395th Bomb Squadrons

The 58th Bomb Wing's Headquarters was moved to Kharagpur Airfield at the end of April, leaving the 40th to host the airfield. The group Participated in Operation Matterhorn, the bombing of the Japanese Home Islands from bases in China. Transported supplies of fuel, bombs, and spares needed to support the forward bases in China. On 15 June 1944 the group participated in the first American Air Force attack on Japan since the Doolittle raid in 1942. In addition, the group struck such targets as transportation centers, naval installations, iron works, and aircraft plants in Burma, Thailand, China, Japan, Indonesia, and Formosa, receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation for bombing iron and steel works at Yawata, Japan.

Tenth Air Force units assigned were:

• 341st Bombardment Group, 30 Dec 1942 - Jun 1943 (B-25 Mitchell)

10th, 11th, 22d, 490th and 491st Bomb Squadrons

Operated chiefly against enemy transportation in central Burma. Bombed bridges, locomotives, railroad yards, and other targets to delay movement of supplies to the Japanese troops fighting in northern Burma.

• 9th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 30 Nov 1942-3 Jan 1943
• 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (Detachment), Mar-Jun 1944

Flew F-4/F-5 (P-38) Lighting photo recon missions over Burma for HQ Tenth Air Force

• Operation Matterhorn

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

• Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
• Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0912799129.

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