Menzel Heurr Airfield
{{Short description|Abandoned WWII military airfield in Tunisia}}
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Menzel Heurr Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, located approximately 22 km north-northeast of Korba and 60 km east-southeast of Tunis. It was a temporary airfield built for fighter and light bomber use by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force during the North African Campaign.
The airfield was used primarily by the 324th Fighter Group, which flew Curtiss P-40 Warhawks from the airfield in August 1943. After the Americans moved out, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today{{when|date=September 2015}}, the remains of the main runway can be seen in aerial photography.
References
{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
Further reading
- Maurer, Maurer. [https://archive.org/details/AirForceCombatUnitsOfWorldWarIi Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 521 p].{{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161220180455/http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 20, 2016 |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}
External links
{{USAAF 9th Air Force UK}}
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Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Tunisia
Category:World War II airfields in Tunisia
Category:Airports established in 1943
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