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This is a partial list of British Landing Grounds (LG) In
North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
, used during World War II. There are over 250 known. Some coordinates may be incorrect. Not all of these were active airfields; some were depots, some were repair stations, and some were decoys. Some are still in use, and some were moved and upgraded by Americans to handle heavy bombers. (It should also be noted that LG-176 through LG-186 were also numbered LG 1 through 10).


LGs


Misc.

Evidently assigned by other commands: * Bir Terfawi * 8 Bells * LG 416
Deir ez-Zor Airport Deir ez-Zor Airport ( ar, مطار دير الزور) is an airport serving Deir ez-Zor, a city in northeastern Syria. History Deir ez-Zor Airport was established by the British during World War II as LG-416. Before the war in Syria, airlines ...
* LG 426 Tadmur Airport * LG 500 ? * LG 598 Kufra west * Big Carin


Palestine Mandate

* Muqeible Airfield *
RAF St Jean RAF St Jean was a former military airfield in Palestine, now Israel, which is located approximately 4 km east-northeast of Acre and 100 km north-northeast of Tel Aviv. When located in the British Mandate of Palestine during World ...
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RAF Aqir The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
now Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base *
RAF Ein Shemer The Ein Shemer Airfield ( he, מנחת עין שמר) is an Israeli military airfield and base in northern Israel, located approximately 6 km east of Hadera. Before 1948 it was operated by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) as RAF Ein Shemer. ...
now Ein Shemer Airfield *
RAF Gaza RAF Gaza was an Royal Air Force airfield on the southwest coast of Mandatory Palestine, in the present day Gaza Strip. History The airfield was one of the first to be built in Palestine. It was built in 1917 for military use by the Ottoman Empir ...
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Herzliya Airport Herzliya Airport ( he, שְׂדֵה הַתְּעוּפָה הֶרְצְלִיָּה ar, مطار هرتسيليا, is an airport located in the city of Herzliya in central Israel. The airport is mainly used by flight schools and for general avia ...
* RAF Haifa now Haifa Airport *
RAF Lydda The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
now Ben Gurion International Airport * RAF Petah Tiqva now Kfar Sirkin Airfield *
RAF Qastina Qastina ( ar, قسطينة) was a Palestinian village, located 38 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Location Qastina was situated on an elevated spot in a generally flat area on the coastal ...
Now Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base *
RAF Ramat David The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
now Ramat David Israeli Air Force Base * RAF Ramleh * RAF Netanya Also known as Kfar Hayim?? *
Sde Dov Airport Sde Dov Airport ( he, שדה דב, ''lit.'' Dov Field, ar, مطار سدي دوف), also known as Dov Hoz Airport ( he, נמל התעופה דב הוז, ''Nemal HaTe'ufa Dov Hoz'', ar, مطار دوف هوز) was an airport in Tel Aviv, Israe ...
* RAF Beit Daras , * RAF El Bassa ?? ,
Betzet Betzet ( he, בֶּצֶת) is a moshav in the Western Galilee in northern Israel. Located near Shlomi and Nahariya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Asher Regional Council. As of its population was . History Antiquity Betzet is known i ...
* RAF Machanaim ,
Ben Ya'akov Airport Rosh Pina Airport ( he, שְׂדֵה הַתְּעוּפָה רֹאשׁ פִּינָּה, ar, مطار روش بينا) , sometimes called Mahanayim Airport due to its proximity to Mahanayim, is an Israeli airport located in Rosh Pinna, near the ...
* RAF Magiddo ,
Megiddo Airport Megiddo Airfield ( he, מנחת מגידו) , known as Shachar 7 by the Israel Defense Forces, is an Israeli airfield located in the Jezreel Valley near Tel Megiddo and southwest of Afula. Opened in 1942 as RAF Station Megiddo and was used as an ...
* RAF Amman , * RAF Mafraq , * RAF Zerqa , now Dawson's Field


See also

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Desert Air Force The Desert Air Force (DAF), also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, the Western Desert Air Force, and the First Tactical Air Force (1TAF), was an Allied tactical air force created from No. 204 ...
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Advanced Landing Ground Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) were temporary advance airfields constructed by the Allies during World War II during the liberation of Europe. They were built in the UK prior to the invasion and thereafter in northwest Europe from 6 June 19 ...
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List of former Royal Air Force stations This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. The stations are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the du ...
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List of Royal Air Force aircraft squadrons Squadron (aviation), Squadrons are the main form of flying unit of the Royal Air Force (RAF). These include Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) squadrons incorporated into the RAF when it was formed on 1 April 1918, dur ...
* Western Desert Campaign *
Operation Crusader Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army (United Kingdom), Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) ...
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First Battle of El Alamein The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War, fought in Egypt between Axis (German and Italian) forces of the Panzer Army Africa—which included the under Field Marshal ...
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Frontier Wire (Libya) The Frontier Wire was a obstacle in Italian Libya, along the length of the border of British-held Egypt, running from El Ramleh, in the Gulf of Sollum (between Bardia and Sollum) south to Jaghbub parallel to the 25th meridian east, the Libya ...
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Long Range Desert Group )Gross, O'Carroll and Chiarvetto 2009, p.20 , patron = , motto = ''Non Vi Sed Arte'' (Latin: ''Not by Strength, but by Guile'') (unofficial) , colours = , colours_label ...
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Tragedy at Kufra The Tragedy at Kufra occurred in May 1942 during World War II, when eleven of twelve South African aircrew flying in three Bristol Blenheim Mark IV aircraft of No. 15 Squadron of the South African Air Force died of thirst and exposure, after ...


References

* RAF Squadrons by C.G. Jefford {{ISBN, 1-84037-141-2 page 133 * http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/north_africa/


External links

* http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/guests/jwbj/jwb1.htm * http://www.211squadron.org/ * Libya-http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/targetnorthafrica/Libya/index.html * Egypt-http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/targetnorthafrica/Egypt/index.html * http://www.suezveteransassociation.org.uk/cz-map.html * http://113squadron.com/id35.htm
For For or FOR may refer to: English language *For, a preposition *For, a complementizer *For, a grammatical conjunction Science and technology * Fornax, a constellation * for loop, a programming language statement * Frame of reference, in physic ...
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