To confuse the warbird spotters, a MiG-21U Trainer preserved at the Officer's Mess at...
West Bengal
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Hawker Hunter is displayed outside the Nehru Museum at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Pic © IIT Kharagpur Alumni Network. |
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The airfields of West Bengal along with those in Present day Bangladesh and the North Eastern states were the mainstay for the Allied air war effort during the Second World War. From the numerous airfields that dotted the area, a myriad types of transport, fighter and bomber aircraft led the airwar against the Japanese airforces. At the end of the second world war, a few airfields were still active. The IAF decided to keep only one main base, stationed at Kalaikunda. The Eastern Air Command was formed in Calcutta in the 60s. Till its eventual shifting to Shillong, EAC was responsible for meeting all air threats from China and East Pakistan. It maintained airbases at Calcutta (Dum-Dum), Panagarh, Kalaikunda, Hashimara, Barrackpore and Baghdogra all of which are in West Bengal.
MiG-21FL C-1151 was formally presented to HQ, Eastern Command of the Indian Army....
Hawker Hunter F.56 [BA335] is preserved at IIT Kharagpur. However this...
Bagdogra airfield near the Siliguri corridor has a Sukhoi-7 ground attack aircraft along...
Bagdogra airfield near the Siliguri corridor has a Sukhoi-7 ground attack aircraft along...
A MiG-21 can be seen at the Nicco Park in Kolkata. The...
A Hawker Hunter in Thunderbolts scheme adorns the entrance to the airbase
A derelict burnt out airframe.
Ouragans are rare - only five exist - with IC867 belonging to...
The Swifts Squadron retired this particular Gnat into permanent display