avia.wikisort.org - AerodromeAin M'lila Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Algeria, located approximately 17 km north-northwest of Aïn Kercha in Oum el Bouaghi province, about 50 km south-southeast of Constantine. It was built by the Army Corps of Engineers on a flat, dry lakebed at an altitude of 2580 feet, designed for heavy bomber use by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign with concrete runways, hardstands and taxiways. Billeting and support facilities consisted of tents. Due to its high altitude, the days were hot and the nights cold. Known units which operated from Ain M'lila were:
- 2d Bombardment Group, 17 June-31 July 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress
- 301st Bombardment Group, 17 January - 6 March 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress
- 321st Bombardment Group, 12 March-1 June 1943, B-25 Mitchell
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 20th Bombardment Squadron Boeing B-17F-85-BO Fortress 42-30082 being serviced at Ain M'lila Airfield, Algeria |
Location of Ain M'lila Airfield, Algeria |
Coordinates | 36°00′19″N 006°34′22″E |
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Type | Military Airfield |
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Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
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Built | 1942 |
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In use | 1942-1943 |
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The Americans pulled out in the summer of 1943, heading to their new bases around Foggia, Italy and Ain M'lila was abandoned. The engineers dismantled what they could and the airfield was reclaimed by the desert. Today only faint traces can be seen on aerial photography.
See also
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airfields in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
- Milano, Algeria
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
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Morocco | |
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Algeria | |
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Tunisia | |
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Italy | |
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France | |
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Units |
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Commands |
- XII Bomber
- XII Tactical Air
- XXII Tactical Air
- XII Troop Carrier (Provisional)
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Wings |
- 5th Bombardment
- 42d Bombardment
- 47th Bombardment (7th Fighter)
- 51st Troop Carrier
- 52d Troop Carrier
- 57th Bombardment
- 62d Fighter
- 63d Fighter
- 64th Fighter
- 87th Fighter
- 90th Photographic
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Groups | Bombardment |
- 2d Bombardment
- 12th Bombardment
- 17th Bombardment
- 47th Bombardment
- 97th Bombardment
- 98th Bombardment
- 99th Bombardment
- 301st Bombardment
- 310th Bombardment
- 319th Bombardment
- 320th Bombardment
- 321st Bombardment
- 340th Bombardment
- 376th Bombardment
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Fighter |
- 1st Fighter
- 14th Fighter
- 27th Fighter
- 31st Fighter
- 33d Fighter
- 52d Fighter
- 57th Fighter
- 79th Fighter
- 81st Fighter
- 82d Fighter
- 86th Fighter
- 324th Fighter
- 325th Fighter
- 332d Fighter
- 350th Fighter
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Reconnaissance |
- 3d Reconnaissance
- 5th Reconnaissance
- 68th Reconnaissance
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Troop carrier
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- 60th Troop Carrier
- 61st Troop Carrier
- 62d Troop Carrier
- 64th Troop Carrier
- 313th Troop Carrier
- 314th Troop Carrier
- 316th Troop Carrier
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Squadrons |
- 15th Bombardment
- 414th Night Fighter
- 415th Night Fighter
- 416th Night Fighter
- 417th Night Fighter
- 427th Night Fighter
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