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Landing Ground 174

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Type
  
Military airfield

Year built
  
1942

In use
  
1942

Landing Ground 174

Controlled by
  
United States Army Air Forces

Landing Ground 174 is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Egypt, east of El Alamein, about 80 km southwest of Alexandria.

It was used by the Ninth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces during the Western Desert Campaign by the British Eighth Army, which the 57th Fighter Group, flew P-40 Warhawks from on 16 September-5 November 1942.

Close examination of aerial photography of the hard desert about 10 miles east of El Alamein shows some evidence of disturbance which could indicate where it existed.

References

Landing Ground 174 Wikipedia