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Chabua (IPA: /tʃəˈbʊə/ or /tʃəˈbwɑː/) is a town and a town area committee in Dibrugarh district in the state of Assam, India. Chabua is situated in between Dibrugarh town and Tinsukia town on NH-37 30 and 20 km (19 and 12 mi) from both the district towns, respectively.
Oct 4, 2016 · The August 2, 1943, flight—designated ATC Flight 12420, bound from Chabua in northeast India’s Assam Province to Kunming in southwest China’s Yunnan Province—was unusual because it carried 18 military and civilian passengers, but no cargo.
Chabua Air Force Station. / 27.46222°N 95.11806°E / 27.46222; 95.11806. Chabua Air Force Station ( ICAO: VECA) is an Indian Air Force base located at Chabua of Dibrugarh district in the state of Assam, India .
LIFE photographer Tom McAvoy documents the longest supply line of the war, often called "12,000 Miles From Main Street," by traveling the Air Transport Command airlift route from Miami to Chabua, India. The June 5, 1944 issue's cover features U.S. infantry, ready for invasion. The publication date interestingly enough is D-Day minus 1.
Oct 11, 2016 · By the end of 1942, 35 percent of the Hump operation’s new pilots showed up in India with just 27 weeks of flight training. During spring 1943, nearly a third of the AAF pilots force-fed to the China-Burma-India Theater were only single-engine rated. Even experienced crews got into trouble over the Hump.
- Stephan Wilkinson
In 1943, at a base in Kunming, China, “coolies” unload a shipment of bombs and miscellaneous freight that came over the mountains from Chabua, India. Two other pilots listening on the field frequency that night testified they had heard the clearance. Perhaps they heard it, perhaps they were covering for a colleague.
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To illustrate the various organizational changes affecting the India-China airlift, the unit at Chabua under 10AF deployed overseas as the 1st Ferrying Group. It was redesignated the 1st Transport Group on 1 December 1942 to denote that it was an ATC unit.
