Oudna Airfield
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Coordinates | 36°38′09.22″N 010°05′48.86″E / 36.6358944°N 10.0969056°E |
Type | Military airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Site history | |
Built | 1943 |
In use | 1943 |
![Oudna Airfield is located in Tunisia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Tunisia_adm_location_map.svg/200px-Tunisia_adm_location_map.svg.png)
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Oudna Airfield
Oudna Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located approximately 7 km southwest of La Mohammedia; about 14 km south-southwest of Tunis It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign as a heavy B-17 Flying Fortress bomber airfield. Known units assigned were:
- 99th Bombardment Group, 4 August-11 December 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress (12AF/15AF after 1 November 1943)
- 301st Bombardment Group, 6 August-7 December 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress (12AF/15AF after 1 November 1943)
Today the airfield is nearly indistinguishable from the agricultural fields in the area. A faint outline of dispersal pads and taxiways, along with a single-lane agricultural road which is the remnant of the main runway, are visible in aerial photography.
See also[]
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airfields in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
References[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- 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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Categories:
- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Tunisia
- Airfields of the Fifteenth Air Force during World War II
- Airports established in 1943