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Gioia del Colle Air Base
Gioia del Colle Air Base;
	IATA: none; ICAO: LIBV;
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Airport type	Military
Location	Gioia del Colle, Italy
Coordinates	40°45′51″N 016°56′00″E / 40.76417°N 16.93333°E
	Source:World Aero Data [1]

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Gioia del Colle AB

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Location of Gioia del Colle Air Base, Italy

Gioia del Colle Air Base (ICAO: LIBV) is an Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) base located in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy, located approximately 4km south-southeast of Gioia del Colle. The base is a NATO facility and hosts personnel and aircraft of both the Italian Air Force, as well as other nations in the alliance.

World War II

During World War II the air base was captured by the British Eighth Army in October 1943 and used by the United States Army Air Force Fifteenth Air Force. It was known as Gioia del Colle Airfield by the Americans. Known combat units operating from the airfield were:

1st Fighter Group, 8 Dec 1943-8 Jan 1944, P-38 Lightning
451st Bombardment Group, 10 Jan-5 Mar 1944 B-24 Liberator

The airfield was also used by troop carrier units working with British paratroopers (8th Troop Carrier Squadron) and also by Air Technical Service Command as a maintenance and supply depot. (41st/38th Air Depot). It was turned over to the Allied Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force (Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, or ACI) in September 1945.

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, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975

External links

Airport information for LIBV at Great Circle Mapper.
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 ==World War II==
-During [[World War II]] the air base was captured and used by the [[United States Army Air Force]] [[Fifteenth Air Force]].  It was known as '''Gioia del Colle Airfield''' by the Americans.  Known units operating from the airfield were:
+During [[World War II]] the air base was captured by the [[British Eighth Army]] in October 1943 and used by the [[United States Army Air Force]] [[Fifteenth Air Force]].  It was known as '''Gioia del Colle Airfield''' by the Americans.  Known combat units operating from the airfield were:
 * [[1st Fighter Group]], 8 Dec 1943-8 Jan 1944, [[P-38 Lightning]]
 * [[451st Bombardment Group]], 10 Jan-5 Mar 1944 [[B-24 Liberator]]
+The airfield was also used by troop carrier units working with British paratroopers (8th Troop Carrier Squadron) and also by [[Air Technical Service Command]] as a maintenance and supply depot. (41st/38th Air Depot).    It was turned over to the Allied [[Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force]] (Aviazione Cobelligerante Italiana, or ACI) in September 1945.
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