Borj El Amri Airport is a small
airport near
Borj El Amri
Borj El Amri or Bordj El Amri ( ar, برج العامري) is a town in the Manouba Governorate of Tunisia. It is located southwest of Tunis.
The town of Borj El Amri municipality contains 6,458 inhabitants and is the main town (''chef-lieu'') o ...
, a city in the
Manouba Governorate of
Tunisia. The airport is located southwest of
Tunis and has a functional
asphalt runway. The airport is used as a training site of the ''Aviation School of Borj El Amri'' belonging to the Tunesian Ministry of Defense.
World War II
During
World War II, the airport was known as Massicault Airfield and was used by the
United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the
North African Campaign. Known units assigned were:
[Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .]
*
2d Bombardment Group 002, 0O2, O02, OO2, or 002 may refer to:
Airports
*0O2, Baker Airport
*O02, Nervino Airport
Astronomy
*1996 OO2, the minor planet 7499 L'Aquila
*1990 OO2, the asteroid 9175 Graun
Fiction
*002, fictional British 00 Agent
*'' 002 Operazione Luna' ...
, 31 Jul-2 Dec 1943,
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 ...
*
320th Bombardment Group
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many socie ...
, 29 Jun-28 Jul 1943,
B-26 Marauder
The Martin B-26 Marauder is an American twin-engined medium bomber that saw extensive service during World War II. The B-26 was built at two locations: Baltimore, Maryland, and Omaha, Nebraska, by the Glenn L. Martin Company.
First used in t ...
*
68th Reconnaissance Group, Oct-Nov 1943,
F-4/F-5 Lightning
See also
*
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airfields in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
References
External links
Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA)
Airports in Tunisia
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Tunisia
Airfields of the Fifteenth Air Force during World War II
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