- Blida Airport
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Blida Airport IATA: QLD – ICAO: DAAB Summary Location Blida Elevation AMSL 535 ft / 163 m Coordinates 36°30′N 2°49′E / 36.50°N 2.81°ECoordinates: 36°30′N 2°49′E / 36.50°N 2.81°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 07/25 5,833 1,777 Asphalt Blida Airport is an airport in Blida, Algeria (IATA: QLD, ICAO: DAAB).
On November 8th, 1942, during World War II, the airport was taken by the British 11th Infantry Brigade. The event was part of the Operation Torch of the North African Campaign.[1]
Major A. Peter Dewey, America's first Vietnam casualty, departed from the airport on a parachuting mission to South Western France, while serving as a Lieutenant at the Air Transport Command in August 10, 1944. With his company was Jack Hemingway, the son of writer Ernest Hemingway, who, unusually, strapped a fishing rod to his leg before parachuting in.[2]
References and notes
- ^ "Algeria-French Morocco, US Army Campaigns in World War II" (html). mtmestas.com. http://www.mtmestas.com/Military/campaigns/algeria.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ^ "A. Peter Dewey, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army" (html). arlingtoncemetery.net. http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/apdewey.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
Categories:- Airports in Algeria
- North African airport stubs
- Algerian building and structure stubs
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