Sidi Azeiz Airfield, or Sidi Azeis is an abandoned World War II military airfield in the eastern desert of Libya. It was located near the Egypt–Libya border near Jabbanat Sidi, about 100 km east of Tobruk. German Coordinates are given as 31°40′00″N 24°54′00″E

Sidi Azeiz Airfield
Part of Ninth Air Force
Libya
Coordinates	31°44′49.59″N 024°57′00″E
Type	Military airfield
Code	LG-148
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1943

Sidi Azeiz Airfield

Location of Sidi Azeiz Airfield, Libya

It was used by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force during the Western Desert Campaign (named due to the stretch of the Sahara in Egypt being called the Western Desert) by the British Eighth Army, which the 57th Fighter Group, flew P-40 Warhawks from on 12–13 November 1942.

The airfield was likely a compacted desert dirt flight strip, and was abandoned as the Allied forces moved west towards Tobruk. Close examination aerial photography of the hard desert about 10 miles west of Burdi shows some evidence of disturbance which could indicate where it existed.

See also

• List of World War II North Africa Airfields
• No. 451 Squadron RAAF
• No. 450 Squadron RAAF
• Operation Crusader

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website https://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, 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.

External links

• German Map ^{[permanent dead link]}
• cleared land at German Coord.