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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox military installation<br />
| name=El Assa Airfield<br>El Assa Flugplatz<br />
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| pushpin_map= Libya<br />
| pushpin_label= El Assa Airfield<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption=Location of El Assa Airfield, Libya<br />
| coordinates={{Coord|32|49|56|N|011|35|58|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}<ref>[http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/targetnorthafrica/Libya/slides/El%20Assa%20Flugplatz%201.html German Map of El Assa Airfield]</ref><ref>[http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/targetnorthafrica/Libya/slides/El%20Assa%20Landeplatz%201.html German Map of El Assa Airfield]</ref><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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| built=1941<br />
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| used= 1941-1943<br />
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'''El Assa Airfield''' is an abandoned [[World War II]] military airfield located in the [[districts of Libya|district]] of [[Nuqat al Khams]], [[Libya]]. It is about 140&nbsp;km west of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] near the [[Tunisia]]n [[Libya–Tunisia border|border]].<br />
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The facility was built either by the Italian [[Regia Aeronautica]] or German [[Luftwaffe]] about 1941. After the seizure of the area by the British Eighth Army during the Western Desert Campaign in early 1943, it was used by the [[United States Air Forces Central Command|Ninth Air Force]] of the [[United States Army Air Force]]'s 83d Bombardment Squadron ([[12th Bombardment Group]]) between 3 March and 4 April 1943. The 83d flew [[B-25 Mitchell]] medium bombers from the airfield.<br />
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The airfield most likely was constructed from compacted sand with tents being used as support facilities. Today it is unrecognizable, being taken over by the desert.<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