Pont du Fahs Airfield
Appearance
Pont du Fahs Airfield![]() ![]() | |
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Part of Twelfth Air Force | |
Coordinates | 36°21′00.10″N 009°50′42.21″E / 36.3500278°N 9.8450583°E |
Type | Military airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Site history | |
Built | 1943 |
In use | 1943 |
Location of Pont du Fahs Airfield, Tunisia
Pont du Fahs Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, which was located approximately 6 km west-southwest of El Fahs, and 55 km southwest of Tunis.
A
97th Bombardment Group
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The 97th moved out in mid-August 1943 and after that the airfield was largely abandoned. Today some evidence of the airfield remains with the main runway being visible in aerial photography and traces of taxiways and disbursement hardstands.
See also
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress airfields in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
- El Fahs
- Pont du Fahs Airfield is the seventh mission in Sniper Elite III
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.