Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport
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| Airport type | Civil | ||||||||||
| Operator | Government | ||||||||||
| Location | Libya | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,000 ft / 610 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°42′00″N 12°29′05″E / 30.70000°N 12.48472°E | ||||||||||
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Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport is an airport in the Jabal al Gharbi District of Libya, located approximately 266 kilometres (165 mi) south-southwest of Tripoli in the Libyan desert. Its primary use is the transportation of oilfield workers from production facilities in the area.
World War II
[edit]During World War II the airfield, then known as Tmed El Chel Airfield was used as a military airfield by the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.
USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:
- 81st Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 11 January-3 February 1943, B-25 Mitchell
- 82d Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 10 January-4 February 1943, B-25 Mitchell[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Airport information for Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ "Habit Awlad Muhammad Airport". Google Maps. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
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This article incorporates public domain material from 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.
- Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War IIMaurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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