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Saint Leu Airfield

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Type
  
Military airfield

Year built
  
1942

In use
  
1942-1943

Saint-Leu Airfield

Controlled by
  
United States Army Air Forces

Saint-Leu Airfield was a military airfield in Algeria, near the city of Bettioua, about 45 km northeast of Oran.

During World War II it was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 319th Bombardment Group during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The 319th flew B-26 Marauder medium bombers from the airfield between 11 and 18 November 1942.

References

Saint-Leu Airfield Wikipedia