| Al Ismailiyah Air Base
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Government | ||
| Location | Egypt | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 39 ft / 12 m | ||
| Coordinates | 30°35′53.75″N 032°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°ECoordinates: 30°35′53.75″N 032°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 13/31 | 10,555 | 3,217 | Asphalt |
Al Ismailiyah Air Base
Location of Al Ismailiyah Air Base, Egypt
Al Ismailiyah Air Base is an Egyptian Air Force (Arabic language: القوات الجوية المصرية, Al-Qūwāt al-Gawwīyä al-Miṣrīyä) base, located approximately 4 km west-northwest of Ismailia; (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo.
World War II[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:RAF Ismailia. During World War II the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia or Ismailia Airfield was used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces. Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened about 1916.
USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:
- 436th Troop Carrier Group, 13 August-18 October 1942. C-47 Skytrain
- 434th Bombardment Group, 14 August-29 September 1942, B-25 Mitchell
Today, the airfield is an active Egyptian Air Force Base. It's World War II configuration is still evident in aerial photography.
See also[]
References[]
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- 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 (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/combat_sq_of_the_af_wwii.pdf.
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