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Saint-Leu Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates35°48′21.89″N 000°16′05.42″W / 35.8060806°N 0.2681722°W / 35.8060806; -0.2681722
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1942
In use1942-1943
Saint-Leu Airfield is located in Algeria
Saint-Leu Airfield
Saint-Leu Airfield
Location of Saint-Leu Airfield, Algeria

Saint-Leu Airfield was a military airfield in Algeria, near the city of Bettioua, about 45km northeast of Oran.

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.

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  • Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office,

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