Sidi Azeiz Airfield, or Sidi Azeis is an abandoned

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military airfield in the eastern desert of

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. It was located near the

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near Jabbanat Sidi, about 100 km east of

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. German Coordinates are given as It was used by the

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Ninth Air Force during the Western Desert Campaign (named due to the stretch of the Sahara in Egypt being called the Western Desert) by the British Eighth Army, which the 57th Fighter Group, flew

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s from on 12–13 November 1942. The airfield was likely a compacted desert dirt flight strip, and was abandoned as the Allied forces moved west towards

. Close examination aerial photography of the hard desert about 10 miles west of Burdi shows some evidence of disturbance which could indicate where it existed.

References

* Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. . *

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* cleared land at German Coord

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