Saint-Leu Airfield

TypeMilitary airfield

ControlledbyUnited States Army Air Forces

Coordinates35°48′21.89″N 000°16′05.42″W / 35.8060806°N 0.2681722°W / 35.8060806; -0.2681722

Built1942

Saint-Leu Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Site information
Type	Military airfield
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Location
Coordinates	35°48′21.89″N 000°16′05.42″W / 35.8060806°N 0.2681722°W / 35.8060806; -0.2681722
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942-1943

Saint-Leu Airfield

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Location of Saint-Leu Airfield, Algeria

Saint-Leu Airfield was a military airfield in Algeria, near the city of Bettioua, about 45 km northeast of Oran.

During World War II it was held by Vichy France until taken by the Allied Forces in Operation Torch, then was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 319th Bombardment Group during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 319th flew Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers from the airfield between 11 and 18 November 1942.^{[citation needed]}