15 Oct 1932
India
India
- Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata landed at the Drigh Road airstrip in Karachi, India (now Pakistan) in a de Havilland Puss Moth monoplane aircraft, carrying bags of mail from Bombay, India. This was the first flight in India. ww2dbase [Karachi Airfield | Karachi, Sindh | CPC]
14 Mar 1942
India
India
- US Air Force 51st Pursuit Squadron, originally destined for Java in the Dutch East Indies, arrived at Karachi, India (now Pakistan). ww2dbase [Karachi, Sindh | CPC]
29 Mar 1944
India
India
- USS Wake Island arrived at Karachi, India (now Pakistan). ww2dbase [Wake Island | Karachi, Sindh | CPC]
3 Apr 1944
India
India
- USS Wake Island departed Karachi, India (now Pakistan). ww2dbase [Wake Island | Karachi, Sindh | CPC]
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