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Sidi Azeiz Airfield

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Type
  
Military airfield

In use
  
1943

Code
  
LG-148

Year built
  
1943

Sidi Azeiz Airfield

Controlled by
  
United States Army Air Forces

Sidi Azeiz Airfield, or Sidi Azeis is an abandoned World War II military airfield in the eastern desert of Libya. It was located near the Egyptian border near Jabbanat Sidi, about 100 km west of Tobruk. German Coordinates are given as 31°40′00″N 24°54′00″E

It was used by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force during the Eastern Desert Campaign by the British Eighth Army, which the 57th Fighter Group, flew P-40 Warhawks from on 12–13 November 1942.

The airfield was likely a compacted desert dirt flight strip, and was abandoned as the Allied forces moved west towards Tobruk. Close examination aerial photography of the hard desert about 10 miles west of Burdi shows some evidence of disturbance which could indicate where it existed.

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Sidi Azeiz Airfield Wikipedia