Mateur Airfield
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|---|---|
| Part of Twelfth Air Force | |
| Coordinates | 37°04′13.11″N 009°39′31.31″E / 37.0703083°N 9.6586972°E |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1943 |
| In use | 1943 |
Mateur Airfield
Location of Mateur Airfield, Tunisia
Mateur Airfield is an abandoned
Tunisian Campaign
. It was a temporary airfield, built by the US Army Corps of Engineers, not designed for long-term or heavy-bomber use.
Known units assigned to the field were:
- P-38 Lightning
- P-40 Warhawk
When the fighter units moved to Sicily and Italy in the beginning of November, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today, some sort of military structure is visible on the old main runway, which is fenced and restricted from public access.
References
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.