| El Assa Airfield El Assa Flugplatz | |
|---|---|
| Site information | |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Controlled by | 👁 Image German Luftwaffe 👁 Image United States Army Air Forces |
| Location | |
👁 El Assa Airfield is located in Libya El Assa Airfield Location of El Assa Airfield, Libya | |
| Coordinates | 32°49′56″N 011°35′58″E / 32.83222°N 11.59944°E / 32.83222; 11.59944[1][2] |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1941 |
| In use | 1941-1943 |
El Assa Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located in the district of Nuqat al Khams, Libya. It is about 140 km west of Tripoli near the Tunisian border.
The facility was built either by the Italian Regia Aeronautica or German Luftwaffe about 1941. After the seizure of the area by the British Eighth Army during the Western Desert Campaign in early 1943, it was used by the Ninth Air Force of the United States Army Air Force's 83d Bombardment Squadron (12th Bombardment Group) between 3 March and 4 April 1943. The 83d flew B-25 Mitchell medium bombers from the airfield.
The airfield was most likely constructed from compacted sand, with tents used as support facilities. Today, it is unrecognizable, being taken over by the desert.
References
[edit]- ^ "German Map of El Assa Airfield". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- ^ "German Map of El Assa Airfield". Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
👁 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.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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