avia.wikisort.org - AerodromeSainte Marie du Zit Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Zaghwan province, Tunisia, located about 3 km northeast of Sainte-Marie du Zit and 17 km east-northeast of Zaghouan, and 50 km south of Tunis.
Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield
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Coordinates | 36°26′26.76″N 010°19′55.77″E |
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Type | Military airfield |
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Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
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Built | 1943 |
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In use | 1943 |
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Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield
Location of Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield, Tunisia
History
The airfield was built by the German Luftwaffe during World War II. It was attacked and area near a fuel dump by Ninth Air Force B-25 Mitchells on 3 April 1943, and seized by the United States Army on 9 May during the Battle of Tunisia.
It was repaired by Army engineers and improved for use by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force. The existing facility was expanded earth dispersal hardstands. Six-man tents were used for billeting, lined up in rows with the orderly room and the mess hall at one end. On 25 July, the 14th Fighter Group with three squadrons of P-38 Lightnings arrived.
After the Axis defeat in Tunisia, the 14th Fighter Group flew dive-bombing missions during the Allied assault on Pantelleria and helped prepare for and support the invasions of Sicily and Italy. Lieut H. T. Hanna made ace in one day by destroying five Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers on October 9, 1943. In November the group was assigned to Fifteenth Air Force and moved to Triolo Airfield, Italy on 12 December. The facilities at Sainte Marie du Zit were dismantled and the airfield was abandoned.
The land is now an agricultural area, the remains of the main runway being visible on aerial photography. A large disturbed area around the runway is still in evidence.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- 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 (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
- USAFHRA Document Search, Sainte Marie du Zit Airfield
External links
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Units | Wings |
- 5th Bombardment
- 47th Bombardment
- 49th Bombardment
- 55th Bombardment
- 304th Bombardment
- 305th Fighter (P)
- 306th Fighter
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- 2d Bombardment
- 97th Bombardment
- 98th Bombardment
- 99th Bombardment
- 301st Bombardment
- 376th Bombardment
- 449th Bombardment
- 450th Bombardment
- 451st Bombardment
- 454th Bombardment
- 455th Bombardment
- 456th Bombardment
- 459th Bombardment
- 460th Bombardment
- 461st Bombardment
- 463d Bombardment
- 464th Bombardment
- 465th Bombardment
- 483d Bombardment
- 484th Bombardment
- 485th Bombardment
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Fighter |
- 1st Fighter
- 14th Fighter
- 31st Fighter
- 52d Fighter
- 82d Fighter
- 325th Fighter
- 332d Fighter
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- United States Army Air Forces
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- Second
- Third
- Fourth
- Fifth
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- Twelfth
- Thirteenth
- Fourteenth
- Fifteenth
- Twentieth
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Morocco | |
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Algeria | |
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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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- United States Army Air Forces
- First
- Second
- Third
- Fourth
- Fifth
- Sixth
- Seventh
- Eighth
- Ninth
- Tenth
- Eleventh
- Twelfth
- Thirteenth
- Fourteenth
- Fifteenth
- Twentieth
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