Saint-Leu Airfield

35°48′21.89″N 000°16′05.42″W / 35.8060806°N 0.2681722°W / 35.8060806; -0.2681722TypeMilitary airfieldSite informationControlled byUnited States Army Air ForcesSite historyBuilt1942In use1942-1943
Saint-Leu Airfield is located in Algeria
Saint-Leu Airfield
Saint-Leu Airfield
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Location of Saint-Leu Airfield, Algeria

Saint-Leu Airfield was a military airfield in Algeria, near the city of Bettioua, about 45 km northeast of Oran.

During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 319th Bombardment Group during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 319th flew B-26 Marauder medium bombers from the airfield between 11 and 18 November 1942.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mark. "Historie eng (2)". Campix. Retrieved 2015-09-14.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  • Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

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