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| name = Barrackpore Air Force Station<br />
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| nativename = ব্যারাকপুর এয়ার ফোর্স স্টেশন<br /> बैरकपुर एयर फोर्स स्टेशन<br />
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| pushpin_label=Barrackpore<br /> Air Force Station<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal<br />
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| type = Military<br />
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| operator = [[Indian Air Force]]<br />
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| location = [[Barrackpore]], [[India]]<br />
| elevation-f =18<br />
| elevation-m =5<br />
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| r1-number = 02/20<br />
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'''Barrackpore Air Force Station''' is an [[Indian Air Force]] base located at [[Barrackpore]] in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. Barrackpore is one of the oldest stations in the IAF, operating transport units. One of the [[Mi-17]] squadrons is based here.<br />
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==History==<br />
During [[World War II]], the airfield was used as a reconnaissance airfield by the [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Tenth Air Force]], which flew unarmed [[P-38 Lightning]] aircraft from the station, equipped with several mapping cameras to gather intelligence on Japanese forces in occupied [[Burma]]. Barrackpore was also home to several Spitfire Squadrons in the early 1950s.<br />
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In 1963 [[No. 11 Squadron IAF]] was located at Barrackpore flying [[Douglas Dakota]]s. That year two Dakotas were sent to [[Bandung]] (Husein) in [[Indonesia]] to carry air and ground crew to pick up [[Indonesian Air Force]] [[de Haviland Vampire]] fighters which were to be transferred to the IAF.<ref>Wing Cdr Venu Kondath (Retd), [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1960s/Kondath.html 'Ferrying Vampires from Indonesia'] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127175448/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1960s/Kondath.html |date=January 27, 2012 }}, Bharat-Rakshak.com, accessed October 2011</ref><br />
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Several Spitfire airframes were salvaged from Barrackpore in the 1970s and 1980s and are currently restored to flying status in the west.<br />
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Its ancillary units are 5 Tettra and 3 Tettra and Flying unit is 157 HU.{{clarify|What does this mean? What are Tettra and HU?|date=December 2019}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}<br />
* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.<br />
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[[Category:World War II sites in India]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in West Bengal]]<br />
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[[Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in British India]]<br />
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