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Ras el Ma Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates35°08′18.23″N 002°25′08.36″W / 35.1383972°N 2.4189889°W / 35.1383972; -2.4189889
TypeMilitary Airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1942
In use1942-1943
Ras el Ma Airfield is located in Morocco
Ras el Ma Airfield
Ras el Ma Airfield
Location of Ras el Ma Airfield, Morocco

Ras el Ma Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Morocco, located in the southeast suburbs of Rad Kebdana.

During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign, immediately after the Operation Torch landings.

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, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975

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