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Tortorella Airfield
12th USAAF
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Tortoella Airfield - Italy - 27 Feb 1945
27 February 1945 airphoto
Coordinates 41°29′03.31″N 015°39′15.71″E / 41.4842528°N 15.6543639°E / 41.4842528; 15.6543639 (Approximate)
Type Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built 1943
In use 1943-1945
Tortorella Airfield is located in Italy
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Tortorella Airfield
Location of Tortorella Airfield, Italy

Tortorella Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which is located approximately 9 km east-northeast of Foggia; about 130 km northeast of Naples. Built in 1943 by United States Army Engineers, the airfield was a large facility capable of handling heavy B-17 Flying Fortress strategic bombers.

Major units stationed at Tortorella were:

It was closed by the Americans on 23 October 1945. Today, little or no evidence remains of the airfield with the exception of the outline of the main runway in aerial photography as the Foggia plain is mainly an agricultural area.

References[]

Tortoella Airfield - Italy - map

General map of airfield

PD-icon This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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