A List of the 72 RAF Airfields and Airports That Dennis Flew to and from While He Was Serving in India
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A list of the 72 RAF Airfields and Airports that Dennis flew to and from while he was serving in India. 1) RAF AGRA (now Agra Air Force Station, in northern India’s state of Uttar Pradesh) 2) RAF AGARTALA (now Agartala Air Force Station, in north east India’s state of Tripura) 3) AKYAB (now known as Sittwe. it is the capital of Rakhine State, Myanmar formerly Burma) 4) RAF ALLAHABAD (now Bamrauli Air Force Station in northern India’s state of Uttar Pradesh) 5) RAF ALIPORE (In north east India’s state of West Bengal) 6) RAF AMBALA (now Ambala Air Force Station, in northern India’s state of Haryana) 7) BAHREIN ISLAND (Bahrain) 8) RAF BANGALORE (aka RAF Yelahanka) now Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bangalore, in southern India’s state of Karnataka) 9) BANGKOK (Thailand) 10) BAMRAULI (airport in northern India’s state of Uttar Pradesh) 11) RAF BARRACKPORE (now Barrackpore Air Force Station in north east India’s state of West Bengal) 12) RAF BASAL, now in the Province of Punjab in Pakistan) 13) RAF BAIGACHI (In north east India’s state of West Bengal) 14) BIHTA (In north east India’s state of Bihar) 15) RAF BILASPUR (in India’s state of Chhattisgarh) 16) RAF BISHNUPUR (formally In Bengal, British India now north east India’s state of West Bengal) 17) BOMBAY (now Mumbai, is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra) 18) CAWNPORE (now Kanpur, is the largest city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh) 19) CALCUTTA (now Kolkata, is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal) 20) RAF CHAKERI (now Chakeri Air Force Station, Kanpur, in the Indian state of Utter Pradesh) 21) RAF CHAKLALA (now part of the(formally In British India) Benazir Bhutto International Airport and Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala, now known as Nur Khan, located in Rawalpindi,Punjab province) 22) CHAKARBHATA (in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh) 23) RAF CHINA BAY (now SLAF China Bay, formally Ceylon, now Sri Lanka) 24) CHITTAGONG (formally In Bengal, British India, now in Bangladesh) 25) RAF COLOMBO (now Colombo Racecourse Airstrip, formally Ceylon, Now Sri Lanka) 26) CUTTACK (in the eastern Indian state of Odisha) 27) RAF COMILLA (formally In Bengal, British India, now in Bangladesh) 28) DALBHUMGARH (in the Indian state of Jharkhand) 29) DALBUMGAR ( in north east India) 30) RAF DELHI (Built in 1930 as Safdarjüng Airport, it is now known as Indira Gandhi International Airport and was also known as Palam.) 31) RAF DIGRI (in the Indian state of West Bengal, formally Bengal, British India now abandoned) 32) RAF DUM DUM (now Dum Dum Air Force Station, Calcutta (now Kolkata), in the Indian state of West Bengal. 33) RAF DRIGH RD. (was just outside Karachi, Pakistan, now the site of Jinnah International Airport) 34) GANNAVARAM (in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh) 35) GAYA (In north east India’s state of Bihar) 36) GUJRAT (city in Punjab Province of Pakistan) 37) HAKIMPET (now Hakimpet Air Force Station, Hyderabad in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh) 38) HATHAZARI (former US army air forces airfield in Bangladesh, located near the railhead on the main railroad line to Chittagong. Now abandoned. 39) RAF IMPHAL (in the Indian state of Manipur) 40) RAF JESSORE (formally In Bengal, British India, now in Bangladesh) 41) RAF JODHPUR (now Jodhpur Air Force Station in the Indian state of Rajasthan) 42) RAF KALEMYO (formally Burma, now Myanmar) 43) RAF KANCH (near Kanchrapara in West Bengal, India) 44) RAF KANCHRAPARA (near Kanchrapara in West Bengal, India) 45) KARACHI (is the largest city of Pakistan and the capital of the province of Sindh) 46) RAF KOLAR (in the Indian state of Karnataka) 47) RAF LAHORE (Pakistan) 48) LUCKNOW (is the capital city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh) 49) MADRAS (now Chennai, is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu) 50) RAF MAHARAJPUR (now Maharajpur Air Force Station, Gwalior in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh) 51) RAF MAURIPUR (used after partition by the RAF until 1956, formally British India, now Pakistan Air Force Base Masroor.) 52) RAF MEIKTILA (formally Burma, now Myanmar) 53) NAGPUR (in the Indian state of Maharashtra.) 54) RAF PALAM (south west Delhi, Delhi, India (now Indira Gandhi International Airport)) 55) PHAPH (location not found) 56) PHAPMAV (location not found) 57) PHAPHMAU ( a township of the city of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India) 58) RAF POONA (now Pune-Lohegaon Air Force Station in the Indian state of Maharashtra) 59) RAF RATMALANA (now SLAF Ratmalana, formally Ceylon, Now Sri Lanka) 60) RAF RAIPUR (in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh) 61) RANGOON (formally Burma, now Myanmar) 62) RAF SALAWAS (in the Indian state of Rajasthan) 63) RAF SALBANI (formally in Bengal, British India, now the Indian state of West Bengal) 64) RAF SANTA CRUZ (built in 1930 in Bombay (now Mumbai) now Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. Indian state of Maharashtra 65) SHARJAH (United Arab Emirates) 66) RAF ST THOMAS MT. (now Chennai International Airport, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu) 67) TILDA (Newra) is a small town on the outskirts of Raipur City in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh 68) TRICHINOPOLY (another name forTiruchirappalli, also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu) 69) TULIHUL (in the Indian state of Manipur) 70) RAF VIZAGAPATAM (in the India state of Andhra Pradesh, India) 71) RAF YELAHANKA (now Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bangalore, in southern India’s state of Karnataka) 72) RAF K.K.S. (Known as Kankesanturai, formally Ceylon, now Sri Lanka) .