It would have had to be within range of land-based transport aircraft. Nothing that was carrier-based was large enough to carry paratroops, the main reason they were rarely used by the Japaneseicon in the Pacific. I would not be surprised to learn of airborne operations in China, but the only one I know of was in Sumatra; it will be interesting to learn of any others.

Jim
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