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[ddycher]

Can anybody shed any light on "C.B.I. Depot" at Bangalore ? Is this a concentration depot similar to that at Deolali ?

What was it ? and what was the number of the depot ?

Appreciate any insights.

Regards
Dave

[centurion]

 ddycher, on 12 December 2011 - 04:12 PM, said:

Can anybody shed any light on "C.B.I. Depot" at Bangalore ? Is this a concentration depot similar to that at Deolali ?

What was it ? and what was the number of the depot ?

Appreciate any insights.

Regards
Dave

C. B. I was a WW2 abbreviation for China Burma India Theatre/Theater. There was indeed a CBI Depot in Bangalore from 1942 - 1945 which supported the operations to fly supplies to China  "over the hump". I think it was mainly an American Army Airforce site that serviced DC3s and the like.

[ddycher]

Thanks Centurian.

Had never heard of that before. Have a ref to No.14 CBI depot being in Bangalore in a couple of 1919 Service Records around the time of the 3rd Afghan War.

Regards
Dave

[centurion]

 ddycher, on 13 December 2011 - 12:00 AM, said:

Thanks Centurian.

Had never heard of that before. Have a ref to No.14 CBI depot being in Bangalore in a couple of 1919 Service Records around the time of the 3rd Afghan War.

Regards
Dave

Definitely not the same thing - goodness knows what CBI stood for in those days

[ddycher]

Centurion

Thanks for this. As Bangalore was number 14 there must have been a lot of them. Will dig deeper.

Anyone know what an IBD called in India ?

Regards
Dave