Mohamed Khider Airport or Biskra Ouakda Airport is an airport in
Algeria, located approximately 12 km north-northeast of Oumache; about 200 km south-southwest of
Constantine
Constantine most often refers to:
* Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I
* Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria
Constantine may also refer to:
People
* Constantine (name), a masculine given na ...
.
History
During
World War II, the airport was known as "Biskra Airfield". It was a major United States
Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the
North African campaign against the German
Afrika Korps. Known combat units assigned to the airfield were:
97th Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...
(14 December 1942 – 8 February 1943);
301st Bombardment Group
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B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Relatively fast and high-flying for a bomber of its era, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater ...
(16 December 1942 – 17 January 1943);
1st Fighter Group 001, O01, or OO1 may refer to:
*1 (number), a number, a numeral
*001, fictional British agent, see 00 Agent
*001, former emergency telephone number for the Norwegian fire brigade (until 1986)
*AM-RB 001, the code-name for the Aston Martin Valkyrie ...
P-38 Lightning (24 December 1942 – 8 February 1943); HQ,
5th Bombardment Wing
The 5th Bomb Wing (5 BW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command's Eighth Air Force. It is stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The wing is also the host unit at Minot. The 5 BW is one of onl ...
(January–March 1943).
[Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .]
Airlines and destinations
See also
*
List of airports in Algeria
*
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
References
External links
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Etablissement de Gestion de Services Aéroportuaires d’Alger (EGSA Alger)
Airports in Algeria
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Algeria
World War II airfields in Algeria
Buildings and structures in Biskra Province
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