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Shanghai Jiangwan Airport was an airport located in
Air Force Combat Units Of World War II.
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 521 p.
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Shanghai Jiangwan Airport was an airport located in Yangpu District
Yangpu () is one of the 16 districts of Shanghai. It is located in the northeastern part of downtown Shanghai, bordering the Huangpu River on the east and south, Hongkou on the west, and Baoshan on the north. The southern part of Yangpu Dist ...
of northeast Shanghai
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, China
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. It was closed in 1994 and the site has been redeveloped into the New Jiangwan City (新江湾城) neighbourhood.
History
Formerly romanised as Kiangwan Airfield, the airport was at the end ofWorld War II
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used by the United States Army Air Forces
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as the headquarters of the 1st Combat Cargo Group
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, its primary mission being the airlift of Chinese troops in and out of the Shanghai region. The airfield was also the home of the Air Technical Service Command
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"Shanghai Air Depot", which opened in October 1945 to supervise the deposition of Allied and captured Japanese aircraft in China. Kiangwan Airfield operated Air Transport Command
Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.
It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies a ...
services and flights from Shanghai as part of its Western Pacific Wing until 31 December 1947 when the ATC facilities were closed, and American forces left the area.
Jiangwan remained in operation as a military airport under the People's Liberation Army
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from 1949 onward. The airfield ceased operation in June 1994. The land was turned over to Shanghai municipal government 30 April, 1997. After years of disuse, the site evolved into a wetland with natural fauna and flora. Later it would be developed with real estate under conservation.
On 1 October 1999, the nearby Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of the two international airports serving Shanghai, China.
Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights, while the city's other major airport, Shanghai ...
officially opened.
References
Further reading
* Maurer, MaurerAir Force Combat Units Of World War II.
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 521 p.
External links
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