Ismailia Air Base
| Ismailia Air Base RAF Ismailia | |||||||
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| Near: Ismailia, Egypt | |||||||
 Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at RAF Ismailia, 1942 | |||||||
  Ismailia Air Base Location in Egypt | |||||||
| Coordinates | 30°35′53.75″N 32°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°E | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Egyptian Armed Forces | ||||||
| Operator |  Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces Egyptian Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Royal Air Force (1935-1956) Ninth Air Force (1942) Egyptian Air Force (1956 – present) | ||||||
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| Battles/wars | World War II
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| Airfield information | |||||||
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Ismailia Air Base is an
Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīyä) helicopter base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo
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History
Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1916.
On 5–7 November 1938, RAF Vickers Wellesley aircraft set a non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles (11520.4 km).
During
North African Campaign
against Axis forces.
Today, the airfield is an active Egyptian Air Force base. The base is housing an SA-342 Gazelle unit and further is this base being used for other military helicopter movements.
Major units assigned
- Royal Air Force
- No. 208 Squadron RAF 1920-1922
- No. 113 Squadron RAF Aug-Sep 1917
- No. 211 Squadron RAF Jan 1939-Nov 1940
- No. 40 Wing RAF 1919-Apr 1920
- No. 33 Squadron RAF 1938 - ?
- United States Army Air Forces (Ninth Air Force)
- 12th Bombardment GroupOctober 1942-Undetermined (B-25 Mitchell)
- C-47 Skytrain
- B-25 Mitchell[dubious]
- "Gladiator Ace" (2010), B. Cull, Haynes Publishing, p. 20 -21.
See also
- List of World War II North Africa Airfields
References
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983.
External links
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