RAF Amarda Road is a former wartime Royal Air Force airfield located near Rasgovindpur village in Mayurbhanj district of Orissa, India. The airfield was built in the 1940s at a cost of Rs 3 crore, on 600 acres and was eventually abandoned after the war. The airfield was used by No. 136 Squadron RAF, No. 177 Squadron RAF and No. 607 Squadron RAF. The 'Air Fighting Training Unit', formed in February 1943, was also based here.
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