Paletwa: The Burmese Army has carried out a survey of old British army air bases used in World War II, in northern Burma, said a source close to the army.A platoon from the LIB 289 based in Paletwa Chin State, recently surveyed an old air base on the upper reaches of Kaladan River to renovate it.
“The old air base is in Sin San Wa village, a few miles north of Paletwa and it is 4 furlong and 9 feet in length,” the source said.
The base was used by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War to wage war on Japanese forces from the Northern Arakan Hill tract area.
The Pelatwa Township was a part of Northern Arakan Hill tract in the past but the U Nu government added the area to Chin state in 1950 after Burma’s independence.
The air base is now abandoned and in ruins with bushes and bamboo covering it.
The army authorities also surveyed two other old British air bases in Buthidaung and Maungdaw on the western Burma border.
There was a big air base in Maungdaw Township located in Alay Than Gaw village near the Naff River.
The British Army built some air bases in northern Arakan during the Second World War to wage war on the Japanese forces on the Arakan front line.
According to war records, British forces took on the Japanese forces on a 15-mission campaign with the Royal Air Force 135 Squadron during the First Arakan Offensive, from January to May 1943.
Paletwa: The Burmese Army has carried out a survey of old British army air bases used in World War II, in northern Burma, said a source close to the army.A platoon from the LIB 289 based in Paletwa Chin State, recently surveyed an old air base on the upper reaches of Kaladan River to renovate it.
“The old air base is in Sin San Wa village, a few miles north of Paletwa and it is 4 furlong and 9 feet in length,” the source said.
The base was used by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War to wage war on Japanese forces from the Northern Arakan Hill tract area.
The Pelatwa Township was a part of Northern Arakan Hill tract in the past but the U Nu government added the area to Chin state in 1950 after Burma’s independence.
The air base is now abandoned and in ruins with bushes and bamboo covering it.
The army authorities also surveyed two other old British air bases in Buthidaung and Maungdaw on the western Burma border.
There was a big air base in Maungdaw Township located in Alay Than Gaw village near the Naff River.
The British Army built some air bases in northern Arakan during the Second World War to wage war on the Japanese forces on the Arakan front line.
According to war records, British forces took on the Japanese forces on a 15-mission campaign with the Royal Air Force 135 Squadron during the First Arakan Offensive, from January to May 1943.
