Lampang Airport

During World War II, it became a part of the Lampang Airfield Complex. In March 1940, the US War Department report listed Lampang Airport as a military landing ground. The airport was operated and maintained by the Royal Thai Air Force. On 7 December 1941, the US Army Air Corps reported Lampang Airport with 2 hangars and a grass runway. On 12 December 1941, Lampang Airport was occupied by Imperial Japanese Army troops. On 22 March 1942, Lampang Airport was being developed into a heavy bomber airfield. In early 1942, Lampang Airport was heavily crowded with IJAAC and RTAF squadrons, totaling 47 aircraft. The squadrons led multiple bombing missions at a Nationalist Chinese 93rd Division military base in Loi Moei, where 11,000 troops were based.^[2]

• 41st Fighter Squadron, 22–27 December 1941, equipped with Curtiss Hawk IIIs.
• 32nd Attack Squadron, 22 December 1941 - 18 February 1942, equipped with nine Curtiss Hawk IIs.
• 70th Independent Chutai, 22 January 1942, equipped with 4 x Ki-15 Type 97 aircraft for reconnaissance missions.
• RTAF Light Bomber Squadrons 11 and 12, 13–26 April 1942.
• RTAF Heavy Bomber Squadron 05-9 May 1942, equipped with 9 x Ki-12 Type 97 Heavy Bombers.
• RTAF Light Bomber Squadrons 11, 12, and 62, 17–27 May 1942, equipped with 6 x Ki-21.
• 77th Sentai, 22 June 1942
• RTAF Squadrons 11 and 12, 19–28 June 1942.
• RTAF Squadrons 11 and 12, July–December 1942.
• RTAF Squadron 61, October–November 1942, equipped with 9 x Ki-21 Heavy Bombers.^[2]