Chame Airport

Chame Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – LID: MP24
Summary
Airport type	Public
Location	Panama
Elevation AMSL	141 ft / 43 m
Coordinates	08°35′18″N 079°54′23″W / 8.58833°N 79.90639°WCoordinates: 08°35′18″N 079°54′23″W / 8.58833°N 79.90639°W
Map
MP24 Location in Panama
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 18/36 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1]

Chame Airport is an airport in Panama.

During World War II the facility was used as an auxiliary military airfield (Chame Airdrome, Chame Airfield #1) of Howard Field as part of the defense of the Panama Canal. Assigned units were the USAAF 53d Fighter Group, 14th Fighter Squadron (2 January-24 November 1942) and 28th Fighter Squadron (10 November 1942 – 25 September 1945) flying P-39 Airacobras, AT-6, BT-13, and UC-78s

References

1. Airport information for MP24 at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

• 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, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

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