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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox military installation<br />
|name=Belandah Airfield<BR>Belaudah I II Flugplatz<br />
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|coordinates={{Coord|30|34|45|N|020|24|00|E|type:airport}} (Belaudah I Airfield)<ref>[http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/targetnorthafrica/Libya/slides/Belaudah%20I%20II%20Flugplatz%201.html German map of Belaudah I and II Airfields]</ref><BR>{{Coord|30|33|30|N|020|26|00|E|type:airport}} (Belaudah II Airfield)<ref>[http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/targetnorthafrica/Libya/slides/Belaudah%20I%20II%20Flugplatz%202.html German map and description of Belaudah I and II Airfields]</ref><br />
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|type=Military airfield complex<br />
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|built=1941<br />
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|used= 1941-1943<br />
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|controlledby= [[File:Regulation WW II Upperwing Balkenkreuz.png|20px]]&nbsp;German [[Luftwaffe]]<BR>[[File:Patch9thusaaf.png|20px]]&nbsp;[[United States Army Air Forces]]<br />
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{{Location map|Libya|label= Belandah Airfield<br />
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|caption=Location of Belandah Airfield, Libya}}<br />
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'''Baheira Airfield''' is an abandoned military airfield complex in [[Libya]], which is located about 19 Miles (30&nbsp;km) Southeast of [[Ajdabiya]], Libya.<br />
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The facility was built either by the Italian [[Regia Aeronautica]] or German [[Luftwaffe]] about 1941. It consisted of two airfields, about 2.5 miles apart. During [[World War II]], after the Axis defeat in Egypt during the [[Western Desert Campaign]], the facility was abandoned by the retreating Axis forces.<br />
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It was later used by the [[United States Army Air Force]] during the [[North African Campaign]] by the [[57th Fighter Group]], which flew [[P-40 Warhawk]]s from the airfield between 3 December 1942 and 3 January 1943.<br />
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Today there are no remains of either airfield, the desert has totally reclaimed the facilities. Their locations can only be determined by German maps of the area.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}<br />
* Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.<br />
* {{cite book|editor=Maurer, Maurer|title=Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II|orig-year=1969|url= http://media.defense.gov/2010/Dec/02/2001329899/-1/-1/0/AFD-101202-002.pdf |edition= reprint|year=1982|publisher=Office of Air Force History|location=Washington, DC|isbn=0-405-12194-6|oclc=72556|lccn=70605402}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{USAAF 9th Air Force UK}}<br />
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[[Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Libya]]<br />
[[Category:World War II airfields in Libya]]<br />
[[Category:Airports established in 1941]]</div>Bot