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- Kairouan_Airfield abstract "Kairouan Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, which is located approximately 11 km south-southeast of Kairouan, 126 km south of Tunis. It was a major Troop Carrier unit base of the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign. Known units assigned were:52d Troop Carrier Wing, July–September 194361st Troop Carrier Group, 21 June-1 September 1943, C-47 Skytrain64th Troop Carrier Group, 28 June-26 July 1943, C-47 Skytrain313th Troop Carrier Group, 16 June-23 August 1943, C-47 Skytrain314th Troop Carrier Group, 26 June-1 September 1943, C-47 SkytrainFrom Kairouan, Operation Ladbroke, the British glider landing near Syracuse, Sicily took place on the night of 9 July 1943 as part of the invasion of Sicily. On the night of 9/10 July 1943 a force of 144 Waco gliders, towed by US C-47, and British Handley Page Halifax and Albemarle tug aircraft, took off to take part in Operation Ladbroke – the first Allied attempt at a mass glider landing in World War II. The plan was to place a large invasion force on the ground near the town of Syracuse, secure the Ponte Grande Bridge and then take control of the city itself, including its strategically vital docks, as a prelude to the full-scale invasion of Sicily.In addition, the Ninth Air Force 324th Fighter Group used the airfield in June 1943, flying P-40 Warhawks from the airfield.By the end of September 1943, the C-47 groups had moved to Sicily and Kairouan was dismantled and abandoned. Today, one (possibly two) main runways can be seen in aerial photography, along with traces of taxiways and dispersal pads.".
- Kairouan_Airfield buildingEndDate "1943".
- Kairouan_Airfield location Kairouan_Airfield__location__1.
- Kairouan_Airfield thumbnail Patch9thusaaf.png?width=300.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageExternalLink combat_sq_of_the_af_wwii.pdf.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageID "23618582".
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageLength "3336".
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageOutDegree "28".
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageRevisionID "679985752".
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 103d_Airlift_Wing.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 313th_Tactical_Airlift_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 313th_Troop_Carrier_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 314th_Operations_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 314th_Troop_Carrier_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 324th_Fighter_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 52d_Troop_Carrier_Wing.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 52d_Troop_Carrier_Wing_(World_War_II).
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 61st_Air_Base_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 61st_Troop_Carrier_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 64th_Air_Expeditionary_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink 64th_Troop_Carrier_Group.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink C-47_Skytrain.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Airfields_of_the_United_States_Army_Air_Forces_in_Tunisia.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Airports_established_in_1943.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:Kairouan.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Category:World_War_II_airfields_in_Tunisia.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Douglas_C-47_Skytrain.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Kairouan.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Ninth_Air_Force.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink North_African_Campaign.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Ladbroke.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink P-40_Warhawk.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Sicily.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Syracuse,_Sicily.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Tunis.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Tunisia.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink Twelfth_Air_Force.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Army_Air_Force.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Army_Air_Forces.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink File:Patch9thusaaf.png.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLink File:Twelfth_Air_Force_-_Emblem_(World_War_II).png.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kairouan Airfield".
- Kairouan_Airfield built "1943".
- Kairouan_Airfield caption "Location of Kairouan Airfield, Tunisia".
- Kairouan_Airfield controlledby United_States_Army_Air_Forces.
- Kairouan_Airfield float "right".
- Kairouan_Airfield hasPhotoCollection Kairouan_Airfield.
- Kairouan_Airfield label "Kairouan Airfield".
- Kairouan_Airfield latDeg "35".
- Kairouan_Airfield latDir "N".
- Kairouan_Airfield latMin "34".
- Kairouan_Airfield latSec "47".
- Kairouan_Airfield lonDeg "10".
- Kairouan_Airfield lonDir "E".
- Kairouan_Airfield lonMin "7".
- Kairouan_Airfield lonSec "34".
- Kairouan_Airfield mark "Red_pog.svg".
- Kairouan_Airfield marksize "6".
- Kairouan_Airfield name "Kairouan Airfield60px 70px".
- Kairouan_Airfield position "left".
- Kairouan_Airfield type "Military airfield".
- Kairouan_Airfield used "1943".
- Kairouan_Airfield width "200".
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Air_Force_Historical_Research_Agency.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Cite_book.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_military_structure.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Location_map.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:USAAF_12th_Air_Force_World_War_II.
- Kairouan_Airfield wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:USAAF_9th_Air_Force_UK.
- Kairouan_Airfield subject Category:Airfields_of_the_United_States_Army_Air_Forces_in_Tunisia.
- Kairouan_Airfield subject Category:Airports_established_in_1943.
- Kairouan_Airfield subject Category:Kairouan.
- Kairouan_Airfield subject Category:World_War_II_airfields_in_Tunisia.
- Kairouan_Airfield hypernym Airfield.
- Kairouan_Airfield point "35.579861111111114 10.126294444444444".
- Kairouan_Airfield type Airport.
- Kairouan_Airfield type ArchitecturalStructure.
- Kairouan_Airfield type MilitaryStructure.
- Kairouan_Airfield type Place.
- Kairouan_Airfield type Site.
- Kairouan_Airfield type Source.
- Kairouan_Airfield type Location.
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- Kairouan_Airfield type Thing.
- Kairouan_Airfield type SpatialThing.
- Kairouan_Airfield comment "Kairouan Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, which is located approximately 11 km south-southeast of Kairouan, 126 km south of Tunis. It was a major Troop Carrier unit base of the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign.".
- Kairouan_Airfield label "Kairouan Airfield".
- Kairouan_Airfield sameAs m.076zp30.
- Kairouan_Airfield sameAs Q6348298.
- Kairouan_Airfield sameAs Q6348298.
- Kairouan_Airfield lat "35.579861111111114".
- Kairouan_Airfield long "10.126294444444444".
- Kairouan_Airfield wasDerivedFrom Kairouan_Airfield?oldid=679985752.
- Kairouan_Airfield depiction Patch9thusaaf.png.
- Kairouan_Airfield isPrimaryTopicOf Kairouan_Airfield.
- Kairouan_Airfield name "Kairouan Airfield60px 70px".