Chateaudun Du Rhumel Airfield
Chateaudun-du-Rhumel (Chateaudun Du Rhumel) Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Algeria, located about 6 km north-northwest of Chelghoum el Aid, in Mila province, about 47 km southwest of Constantine, Algeria, Constantine. Overview 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. The airfield was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and its primary use was that of a heavy bomber airfield, with concrete runways, hardstands and taxiways. Billeting and support facilities consisted of tents. The 2d Bomb Group and the 97th Bomb Group were the primary tenants at the airfield, both flying B-17 Flying Fortresses missions over targets in Italy; Tunisia; Sicily and Sardinia. The 1st Fighter Group flew escort for the Fortresses, as well as attacking enemy ground targets of opportunity. Known units assigned to the airfield were: * HQ 5th Air Divisio ...
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Twelfth Air Force - Emblem (World War II)
Twelfth can mean: *The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution *The Twelfth, a Protestant celebration originating in Ireland In mathematics: * 12th, an Ordinal number (linguistics), ordinal number; as in the item in an order twelve places from the beginning, following the eleventh and preceding the thirteenth * 1/12, a vulgar fraction, one part of a unit divided equally into twelve parts Music * The Musical note, note twelve scale degrees from the root (chord), root (current note, in a chord) ** The interval (music) (that is, gap) between the root and the twelfth note: a compound fifth (interval), fifth Currency *Uncia (coin), a Roman coin worth 12th of an As (Roman coin), As See also

*12 (number) *Eleventh *Thirteenth {{disambiguation ...
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