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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Portal\|World War II}}~~
	* [[List of airports by ICAO code: V#VA VE VI VO - India]]		* [[List of airports by ICAO code: V#VA VE VI VO - India]]
	* [[List of airports in India]]		* [[List of airports in India]]

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	\| ICAO = VBKP		\| ICAO = VBKP
	\| type = Military		\| type = Military
	\| owner = [[Indian Air Force]]<ref name="BS1">{{cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/buddhadeb-announces-airports-at-barrackpore-kanchrapara-107100401107_1.html \|title=Buddhadeb announces airports at Barrackpore, Kanchrapara \|newspaper=Business Standard India \|publisher= [[Business Standard]] \| date= 5 February 2013 \|access-date=26 October ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| owner = [[Indian Air Force]]<ref name="BS1">{{cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/buddhadeb-announces-airports-at-barrackpore-kanchrapara-107100401107_1.html \|title=Buddhadeb announces airports at Barrackpore, Kanchrapara \|newspaper=Business Standard India \|publisher= [[Business Standard]] \| date= 5 February 2013 \|access-date=26 October 2019}}</ref>
	\| operator =		\| operator =
	\| location = [[Kanchrapara]], [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Kanchrapara]], [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[India]]
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	'''Air Force Station Kanchrapara'''<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Air-Force-Station-Kanchrapara-resurfaces-in-new-avatar/articleshow/45498411.cms \|title=Air Force Station Kanchrapara resurfaces in new avatar \|work= [[The Times of India]] \| date= 12 December 2014\|access-date=26 October ~~2022~~}}</ref> is a military [[airfield]] located near [[Kanchrapara]], in the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mehta\|first=Balram Singh\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uf5REAAAQBAJ&dq=Air+Force+Kanchrapara&pg=PT37\|title=The Burning Chaffees: A Soldier's First-Hand Account of the 1971 War\|date=2021-12-27\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-5492-395-1\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Air Force Station Kanchrapara'''<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Air-Force-Station-Kanchrapara-resurfaces-in-new-avatar/articleshow/45498411.cms \|title=Air Force Station Kanchrapara resurfaces in new avatar \|work= [[The Times of India]] \| date= 12 December 2014\|access-date=26 October 2019}}</ref> is a military [[airfield]] located near [[Kanchrapara]], in the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mehta\|first=Balram Singh\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uf5REAAAQBAJ&dq=Air+Force+Kanchrapara&pg=PT37\|title=The Burning Chaffees: A Soldier's First-Hand Account of the 1971 War\|date=2021-12-27\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-5492-395-1\|language=en}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Air Force Station Kanchrapara was established on September 1, 1942.<ref name="ET1">{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/air-force-selection-board-to-be-inaugurated-on-saturday/articleshow/45495308.cms \|title=Air Force Selection Board to be inaugurated on Saturday \|publisher= [[The Economic Times]] \| date= 12 December 2014\|access-date=26 October ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Air Force Station Kanchrapara was established on September 1, 1942.<ref name="ET1">{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/air-force-selection-board-to-be-inaugurated-on-saturday/articleshow/45495308.cms \|title=Air Force Selection Board to be inaugurated on Saturday \|publisher= [[The Economic Times]] \| date= 12 December 2014\|access-date=26 October 2019}}</ref>
	During September–c. 4 October 1945 [[World War II]], the airfield was used as a reconnaissance base by the [[8th Reconnaissance Group]] of The [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Tenth Air Force]]. It was home to several P-51 Mustang, B-25 Mitchell and P-38 Lightning airframes during that time. After World War II, this airstrip was closed and left abandoned.		During September–c. 4 October 1945 [[World War II]], the airfield was used as a reconnaissance base by the [[8th Reconnaissance Group]] of The [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Tenth Air Force]]. It was home to several P-51 Mustang, B-25 Mitchell and P-38 Lightning airframes during that time. After World War II, this airstrip was closed and left abandoned.

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	{{Infobox airport		{{Infobox airport
	\| name = RAF Kanchrapara		\| name = RAF Kanchrapara
	\| nativename = Kanchrapara Airstrip		\| nativename = Kanchrapara Airstrip
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| IATA = <!--none-->		\| IATA = <!--none-->
	\| ICAO = ~~<!--none-->~~		\| ICAO = VBKP
	\| type = Military		\| type = Military
	\| owner = [[Indian Air Force]]<ref name="BS1">{{cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/buddhadeb-announces-airports-at-barrackpore-kanchrapara-107100401107_1.html \|title=Buddhadeb announces airports at Barrackpore, Kanchrapara \|publisher= [[Business Standard]] \| date= 5 February 2013 \|access-date=26 October ~~2019~~}}</ref>		\| owner = [[Indian Air Force]]<ref name="BS1">{{cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/buddhadeb-announces-airports-at-barrackpore-kanchrapara-107100401107_1.html \|title=Buddhadeb announces airports at Barrackpore, Kanchrapara \|newspaper=Business Standard India \|publisher= [[Business Standard]] \| date= 5 February 2013 \|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
	\| operator =		\| operator =
	\| location = [[Kanchrapara]], [[India]]		\| location = [[Kanchrapara]], [[North 24 Parganas district]], [[India]]
	\| elevation-f = 32		\| elevation-f = 32
	\| elevation-m = 10		\| elevation-m = 10
	\| coordinates = {{Coord\|22\|55\|22\|N\|088\|27\|35\|E\|region:IN_type:airport}}		\| coordinates = {{Coord\|22\|55\|22\|N\|088\|27\|35\|E\|region:IN_type:airport}}
	\| website =		\| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
	\| metric-rwy = y		\| pushpin_label = '''Kanchrapara AFS'''
	\| r1-number = 15/33		\| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the airport in West Bengal
	\| r1-length-m = 1,500		\| website =
	\| r1-length-f = 4,921		\| metric-rwy = y
	\| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]		\| r1-number = 15/33
	\| footnotes =		\| r1-length-m = 1,500
			\| r1-length-f = 4,921
			\| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
			\| footnotes =
	}}		}}

	'''Air Force Station Kanchrapara'''<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Air-Force-Station-Kanchrapara-resurfaces-in-new-avatar/articleshow/45498411.cms \|title=Air Force Station Kanchrapara resurfaces in new avatar \|work= [[The Times of India]] \| date= 12 December 2014\|access-date=26 October ~~2019~~}}</ref> is a military [[airfield]] located near [[Kanchrapara]], in the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].		'''Air Force Station Kanchrapara'''<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Air-Force-Station-Kanchrapara-resurfaces-in-new-avatar/articleshow/45498411.cms \|title=Air Force Station Kanchrapara resurfaces in new avatar \|work= [[The Times of India]] \| date= 12 December 2014\|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> is a military [[airfield]] located near [[Kanchrapara]], in the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Mehta\|first=Balram Singh\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uf5REAAAQBAJ&dq=Air+Force+Kanchrapara&pg=PT37\|title=The Burning Chaffees: A Soldier's First-Hand Account of the 1971 War\|date=2021-12-27\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-5492-395-1\|language=en}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
	Air Force Station Kanchrapara was established on September 1, 1942.<ref name="ET1">{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/air-force-selection-board-to-be-inaugurated-on-saturday/articleshow/45495308.cms \|title=Air Force Selection Board to be inaugurated on Saturday \|publisher= [[The Economic Times]] \| date= 12 December 2014\|access-date=26 October ~~2019~~}}</ref>		Air Force Station Kanchrapara was established on September 1, 1942.<ref name="ET1">{{cite web\|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/air-force-selection-board-to-be-inaugurated-on-saturday/articleshow/45495308.cms \|title=Air Force Selection Board to be inaugurated on Saturday \|publisher= [[The Economic Times]] \| date= 12 December 2014\|access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
	During September–c. 4 October 1945 [[World War II]], the airfield was used as a reconnaissance base by the [[8th Reconnaissance Group]] of The [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Tenth Air Force]]. It was home to several P-51 Mustang, B-25 Mitchell and P-38 Lightning airframes during that time. After World War II, this airstrip was closed and left abandoned.		During September–c. 4 October 1945 [[World War II]], the airfield was used as a reconnaissance base by the [[8th Reconnaissance Group]] of The [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Tenth Air Force]]. It was home to several P-51 Mustang, B-25 Mitchell and P-38 Lightning airframes during that time. After World War II, this airstrip was closed and left abandoned.

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	{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}		{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}


	* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN\|0-89201-092-4}}.		* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN\|0-89201-092-4}}.
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{{Infobox airport
| name = RAF Kanchrapara
| nativename = Kanchrapara Airstrip
| image =
| IATA = 
| ICAO = 
| type = Military
| owner = [[Indian Air Force]]<ref name="BS1">{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/buddhadeb-announces-airports-at-barrackpore-kanchrapara-107100401107_1.html |title=Buddhadeb announces airports at Barrackpore, Kanchrapara |publisher= [[Business Standard]] | date= 5 February 2013 |access-date=26 October 2019}}</ref>
| operator =
| location = [[Kanchrapara]], [[India]]
| elevation-f = 32
| elevation-m = 10
| coordinates = {{Coord|22|55|22|N|088|27|35|E|region:IN_type:airport}}
| website =
| metric-rwy = y
| r1-number = 15/33
| r1-length-m = 1,500
| r1-length-f = 4,921
| r1-surface = [[Concrete]]
| footnotes =
}}

'''Air Force Station Kanchrapara'''<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Air-Force-Station-Kanchrapara-resurfaces-in-new-avatar/articleshow/45498411.cms |title=Air Force Station Kanchrapara resurfaces in new avatar |work= [[The Times of India]] | date= 12 December 2014|access-date=26 October 2019}}</ref> is a military [[airfield]] located near [[Kanchrapara]], in the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
Air Force Station Kanchrapara was established on September 1, 1942.<ref name="ET1">{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/air-force-selection-board-to-be-inaugurated-on-saturday/articleshow/45495308.cms |title=Air Force Selection Board to be inaugurated on Saturday |publisher= [[The Economic Times]] | date= 12 December 2014|access-date=26 October 2019}}</ref>
During September–c. 4 October 1945 [[World War II]], the airfield was used as a reconnaissance base by the [[8th Reconnaissance Group]] of The [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Tenth Air Force]]. It was home to several P-51 Mustang, B-25 Mitchell and P-38 Lightning airframes during that time. After World War II, this airstrip was closed and left abandoned.

The airfield was re-activated in December 2014, when the Indian Air Force inaugurated its 5th [[Services Selection Board|Selection Board]] at the Air Force Station.<ref name="TOI1"/>
An old [[MIG-21]] has been brought here for a showcase, it can be seen from the main gate.

==See also==
{{Portal|World War II}}
* [[List of airports by ICAO code: V#VA VE VI VO - India]]
* [[List of airports in India]]
* [[List of airports in West Bengal]]

==References==
<references />

{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}

* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.

{{Airports in India}}
{{USAAF 10th Air Force World War II}}
{{North 24 Parganas topics}}

[[Category:World War II sites in India]]
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[[Category:North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:1942 establishments in India]]