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Kaifeng Airfield

Type   78 Air Base
Historical Name of Location   Kaifeng, Henan, China
Coordinates   34.754444000, 114.339167000

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ww2dbaseThe Kaifeng Airfield (sometimes written in English literature as Laifeng Airfield) in Henan Province, China was the headquarters of the Chinese-American Joint Intelligence Agency during WW2, whose aerial reconnaissance missions using photographic reconnaissance variant of P-38 Lightning aircraft took off from this airfield as well as several others. The Americans departed from this facility in Sep or Oct 1945. The airfield continues to serve in a military capacity today.

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Last Major Update: Feb 2014






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1. Nils Jergensen says:
17 Apr 2022 05:32:38 PM

The Lai Feng/Kai Feng Airfield is actually located at 29°30'43"N 109°25'00"E (Approx Center of Runway) with remnants of a single runway 01/19 of roughly 5500FT still visible in Google Earth. It is now no longer in service.

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