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 |
Type | Military airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
In use | 1942-1943 |
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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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