Mascara Airfield

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Mascara Airfield
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Part of Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates 35°22′57.48″N000°07′57.50″E / 35.3826333°N 0.1326389°E / 35.3826333; 0.1326389
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled by United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1942
In use1942-1943
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Mascara Airfield
Location of Mascara Airfield, Algeria

Mascara Airfield is an abandoned military airfield and later civilian airport in Algeria, located in the southwestern suburbs of Mascara.

During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps.

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates  public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/ .