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Saint-Leu Airfield | |
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Part of Twelfth Air Force | |
Coordinates | 35°48′21.89″N 000°16′05.42″W / 35.8060806°N 0.2681722°W |
Type | Military Airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
In use | 1942-1943 |
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
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,