▁Main ten ance ▁Squad rons ; ▁the ▁ 1 1 th ▁Ph oto ▁Lab , ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 8 th ▁Air ▁Service ▁Group . ▁ ▁It ▁had ▁taken ▁nearly ▁two ▁weeks ▁for ▁the ▁group ▁to ▁arrive ▁at ▁Ch ak ul ia ▁from ▁Kansas , ▁deploy ing ▁over ▁the ▁South ▁Atlantic ▁transport ▁route . ▁ ▁The ▁deployment ▁consisted ▁of ▁travel ing ▁to ▁Mor r ison ▁Field , ▁Florida , ▁then ▁south ▁though ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁to ▁Natal , ▁Brazil . ▁▁▁ ▁From ▁Brazil ▁the ▁South ▁Atlantic ▁was ▁crossed ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁West ▁Africa ▁and ▁re - ass emb ling ▁at ▁Mar rak esh , ▁Mor oc co . ▁▁ ▁The ▁group ▁then ▁fle w ▁north ▁and ▁west ▁from ▁Mor oc co ▁through ▁Al ger ia ▁and ▁Egypt , ▁before ▁arriv ing ▁at ▁Kar achi . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁group ▁arrived ▁at ▁Ch ak ul ia , ▁the ▁month - long ▁trip ▁had ▁taken ▁its ▁to ll ▁on ▁the ▁aircraft ▁and ▁personnel . ▁ ▁Also , ▁when ▁the ▁group ▁arrived , ▁the ▁conditions ▁at ▁the ▁base ▁were ▁poor , ▁and ▁the ▁run ways ▁were ▁still ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁of ▁being ▁length ened ▁when ▁the ▁first ▁B - 2 9 s ▁arrived . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁ 4 0 th , ▁its ▁command ▁unit , ▁the ▁ 5 8 th ▁Bomb ard ment ▁Wing ▁tempor arily ▁took ▁up ▁residence ▁at ▁Ch ak ul ia ▁on ▁ 2 ▁April ▁until ▁its ▁designated ▁command ▁base ▁at ▁K ala ik unda ▁Air field