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Manduria Airfield

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Type
  
Military airfield

Province
  
Province of Taranto

Year built
  
1943

In use
  
1943-1945

Phone
  
+39 099 970 2111

Manduria Airfield

Address
  
SP97, 74024 Manduria TA, Italy

Controlled by
  
United States Army Air Forces

Similar
  
Comune di Sava, Municipio, Comune Di Lizzano, Comune Di Manduria, Comune Di San Giorgio J

Manduria Airfield is a World War II airfield in Italy, located approximately 5 km north of Manduria, and about 390 km east-southeast of Naples. It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force and later Fifteenth Air Force B-24 Liberator heavy bomber airfield.

  • HQ 47th Bombardment Wing, 1 October 1943 – 15 May 1945
  • 68th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, November 1943-April 1944, (Various Photo-Reconnaissance Aircraft)
  • 98th Bombardment Group, 19 December 1943 – 17 January 1944, B-24 Liberator
  • In aerial imagery, the main runway, taxiways and many dispersal pads are clearly evident.

    References

    Manduria Airfield Wikipedia