AIR INFORMATION: CHINESE COMMUNIST AIRFIELDS AT CHIAMUSSU AND MUTANCHIANG

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 16, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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4. The 21-room administration building, on the south side of the airfield, is
shaped like a 'T9 when viewed from the north end of the field.
5. On 9 i;jovember 1948 the following aircraft were at the field:
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field. The two hangars on the west side can house 7 and 12 fighter planes
respectively, and the other two can accommodate 16 large-size aircraft.
Taxi strips connect the hangars with the runway.
At the southwest corner of the field there is a 12-room single-story
warehouse, with a 12-room basement, where fuel is stored. On 30 October
1948 the warehouse contained 260 53-gallon drums of aviation gasoline.
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1. The Chinese Communist airfield at Chinshantoun ( ii.; ), south of Chia-
mussu* (130-21,46-49) and on the w_-et bank of the Sungari hiver, was
improved between July and September 1948: The single runway, which runs
north-south, was lengthened from 1,400 meters to 2,000 meters, and widened
from 90 to 160 meters at the north and and from 160 to 200 meters at the
south end. Planes usually take,off from the south and land from the north.
2. Of the four hangars at the-airfield, two are west and two northwest of the
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3 two-engine transport planes
6. Vehicles at the- airfield included two 3?-ton trucks, two medium-sited and
five small-sized vehicles.
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12 Type-97 fighter planes
6 Zero fighter planes
2 Type-92 reconnaisance planes
5 San Ryo (=- *) training planes
7. The following personnel are stationed at the airfield:
as. Fifty-seven administrative employees under the supervision of HU Ting-nien
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An operational staff of 39 pilots, 2 navigators and 3 radio operators,
under KU Ch'ing ( 'i), air force corunander. The operational staff
consists of 26 Chinese, 12 Koreans and 6 Mongolians.
Q. Fifty-two aviation cadets-who are training at the field.
8. The cadets, all intelligent youths with junior high school education, were
drafted from the Chinese Communist Army. None are native Manchurians. They
are divided into two training classes, and their curriculum includes:
a. Taking off and landing practice
b. Air operation
c. Reconnaissance methods
d.~ aerial photography
9. KU Ch'ing is head of the cadet training,; K'a-sou (t, Jh, j), a Russian, is the
chief instructor; KILT Tae-sul ( ' -k ,), a Korean, and TAKaA Tomohoshi
a Japanese, are assistant instructors.
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10. i1utanchiang Airfield** has been renamed Suining trfield by the Chinese
Communists. This field, which lies southwest of Mutanchiang (129-37,44-35),
is approximately 26 kilometers from the eastern bank of the M4utanchiang
River between the villages of Hsikangyaokou (05 'Vo ij) and Tat'angtaokou
( M A ), .3A and is northeast of the Haliho River*** ( .1
11. The airfield is about six li north-south by about five li east-west, and
has two runways (one north-south and one east-west) which form a "T" at
the southern'and of the north-south runway. The north-south runway, about
90C) meters long and 130 meters wide, is the main runway. The east-west
runway, about 600 meters long and 70 meters wide, is seldom used. i3oth
runways.,have black tarred surfaces. Planes generally take off from the
south:and land from the north.
12. Fifteen meters south of the east-west runway there is a-14-room office
building with a two-story log building on its roof. On top of the log
building is a wind sock on a 30-foot pole. On one side of the office
building there are five rooms for guards, and behind the office building
there are another three rooms for the message center. The radio antenna
installed at the message center is several times higher than the wind sock.
Forty meters west of the office building there is a 5-room gasoline storage
warehouse.
13' South of the west and of the east-west runway there are one large and three
small hangars. The large hangar can accommodate 16 transport planes and
the small hangars can house 11 or 12 fighter planes. The hangars are con-
structed of steel, and their roofs are made of black oiled paper and sheet
iron.
14. Personnel at the airfield include:
a. A field staff of 22 men under HS11L1 Chin-te ( ,f, . HSIuH, a native
of Honan Province, was graduated from the Chinese Communist Aviation
Training School at Mishan (132-06,45-35), and has recently returned from
training in the USSR.
Five message center workers. The chief of the message center is a
Russian who has two assistants, one Chinese and one Japanese, and two
Chinese servants.
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One platoon of guard troops (46 officers and men), who are permanently
stationed at the airfield. This platoon is under the jurisdiction of
the Suining Provincial Military District Headquarters.
d. Four pilots (three Koreans and one Chinese). T'AX Ch'ang-ha (# g ;QJ),
age 26 (a native of SeouKorea) is the flight leader. The Chinese
pilot is I,U Wen-kuei ( f), age 23, a native of Shensi Province
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and a graduate or the Liahan A tion School.
There are usually three reconnaissance planes at the airfield.
orment. For previous information on Chiamussu airfields,
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Comment. Possibly this field is the field formerly called
Wenchun Airfield. For information on Wenchun Airfield see - and
baps No.26, No.27 and No.64,
Comment. This river is known locally (sic) as the r7rtaoho
River
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