Mascara Airfield

Mascara Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates 35°22′57.48″N 000°07′57.50″E / 35.3826333°N 0.1326389°E / 35.3826333; 0.1326389
Type Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built 1942
In use 1942-1943
Mascara Airfield
Location of Mascara Airfield, Algeria

Mascara Airfield is an abandoned military airfield and later civilian airport in Algeria, located in the southwestern suburbs of Mascara.

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 websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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