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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox military installation<br />
|name=Sidi Azeiz Airfield<BR>[[File:Patch9thusaaf.png|60px]]<br />
|partof = [[United States Air Forces Central|Ninth Air Force]]<br />
|location= [[Libya]]<br />
|coordinates={{Coord|31|44|49.59|N|024|57|00|E|type:airport}}<br />
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|type=Military airfield<br />
|code= LG-148<br />
|built=1943<br />
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|used= 1943<br />
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{{Location map|Libya|label= Sidi Azeiz Airfield<br />
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|caption=Location of Sidi Azeiz Airfield, Libya}}<br />
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'''Sidi Azeiz Airfield''', or Sidi Azeis is an abandoned [[World War II]] military airfield in the [[Sahara Desert|eastern desert]] of [[Libya]]. It was located near the [[Egypt–Libya border]] near Jabbanat Sidi, about 100&nbsp;km east of [[Tobruk]]. German Coordinates are given as {{Coord|31|40|00|N|24|54|00|E|type:airport}}<br />
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It was used by the [[United States Army Air Force]] [[United States Air Forces Central|Ninth Air Force]] during the [[Western Desert Campaign]] (named due to the stretch of the Sahara in Egypt being called the Western Desert) by the British [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]], which the [[57th Fighter Group]], flew [[P-40 Warhawk]]s from on 12–13 November 1942.<br />
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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.<br />
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== See also==<br />
* [[List of World War II North Africa Airfields]]<br />
* [[No. 451 Squadron RAAF]]<br />
* [[No. 450 Squadron RAAF]]<br />
* [[Operation Crusader]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{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 />
* German Map [http://www.wwii-photos-maps.com/targetnorthafrica/Libya/Sidi%20Abd%20el%20Aati%20Landeplatz%202%20%20-%20%20Zuara%20Landeplatz%201/slides/Sidi%20Azeis%20Flugplatz%201.html]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* cleared land at German Coord. [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=31.6704764&lon=24.896822&z=14&l=0&m=b&v=8]<br />
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[[Category:Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Libya]]<br />
[[Category:World War II airfields in Libya]]</div>Bot