Ismailia Air Base
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| Ismailia, Ismailia Governorate in Egypt | |||||||
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| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defense (Egypt) | ||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces Egyptian Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Royal Air Force (1935-1956) Ninth Air Force (1942) Egyptian Air Force (1956 – present) | ||||||
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| In use | 1915 - present | ||||||
| Battles/wars | World War II | ||||||
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| Elevation | 11 metres (36 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Ismailia Air Base Script error: No such module "lang". is an air base of the Egyptian Air Force located approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; 116 kilometres (72 mi) northeast of Cairo, Egypt.
History
Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1915 as Moascar.
On 5–7 November 1938, RAF Vickers Wellesley aircraft set a non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles (11520.4 km).
During World War II, the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia, continued to be used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and also the United States Army Air Forces during the North African campaign against Axis forces.
History
- Royal Air Force
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- United States Army Air Forces (Ninth Air Force)
- 12th Bombardment Group October 1942-Undetermined (North American B-25 Mitchell)
- 436th Troop Carrier Group, 13 August – 18 October 1942. Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- 434th Bombardment Group, 14 August – 29 September 1942, B-25 Mitchell[dubious – discuss]
Current use
The base houses an Mil Mi-17 unit and is also being used for other military movements.[2]
See also
References
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- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. Template:ISBN.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maurer, 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Egypt - Air Force - Al Ismailiyah". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
External links
- "Gladiator Ace" (2010), B. Cull, Haynes Publishing, p. 20 -21.
- Royal Air Force Airfield Creation for the Western Desert Campaign
External links
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