Mascara Airfield

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TypeMilitary airfield
Coordinates35°22′57.48″N 000°07′57.50″E / 35.3826333°N 0.1326389°E / 35.3826333; 0.1326389
Built1942
Mascara Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Site information
TypeMilitary airfield
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Location
Coordinates35°22′57.48″N 000°07′57.50″E / 35.3826333°N 0.1326389°E / 35.3826333; 0.1326389
Site history
Built1942
In use1942-1943
Mascara Airfield is located in Algeria
Mascara Airfield
Mascara Airfield
Location of Mascara Airfield, Algeria

Mascara Airfield is an abandoned military airfield and later civilian airport in Algeria, located in the southwestern suburbs of Mascara.

During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps.

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