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Mascara Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force Type Military airfield Coordinates 35°22′57.48″N 000°07′57.50″E / 35.3826333°N 0.132639°E Built 1942 In use 1942-1943 Controlled by United States Army Air Forces 
Mascara AirfieldLocation of Mascara Airfield, AlgeriaMascara 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.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
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Categories:- Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Algeria
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