1. AIR ACTIVITY, NANCH' ANG 2. STATUS OF CHIAHSING, AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 16, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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1. A ix' Act .vj.t' r, Nanch Bang _',.,4~ .
2. Status of::, absing, Airfield
area. Because of shrubbery and terrain configuration, the runway and airfield
installations were not visible from the train which runs past the airfield at
a distance of approximately 1,000 meters. Because of their height, however,
several two- and three-storied dirty gray permanent-type buildings at the field
were visible from the train.
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the Nanch'ang (N 28-4+0, E 3,15-53) Airfield was located 5 to
li you east of Nanch'ang City. There is no other airfield in the Nanchhng
were never in formation. There was no noticeable cha a in the type of planes
involved nor in the frequency of flights
over anc ang.2 These lights were not of daily frequency and the planes
there were a few air force ground personnel in Nanch'ang City.
These men wore khaki-colored Jackets, blue cotton trousers, and leather boots
with rubber soles. Their cap emblems were red stars with the Chinese characters
for "Air Force" on them. They wore no discernible unit identifications or rank
insignia although some of them wore patches over the left upper jacket pocket.
Several wore the MAO Button and campaign buttons for the Fiuai.yin (N 33-35,
E 119-05), Yangtze crossing, and Korean campaigns.
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Chiahsing (N 30-1+6, E 120-45) Airfield was not operational and 25X1
had never been so under the Chinese Communists.
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Comment. It seems probable that Nanch'ang Old Airfield located 25X1
east of the city, is no longer recognizable as ai airf el d.
the land -at the
airfield was being reclaimed and used as a site for several buildings,
including the new Nanch'ang University.
take-off and land at the airfield
at the field.
one or two small single -engine d planes 25X1
no other type of activity
Comment. These aircraft may have been train s. 25X1
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