El Haouaria Airfield
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El Haouaria Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia
, located approximately 44 km northeast of Tāklisah; about 40 km east of Tunis
. It was a temporary airfield constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
in 1943 during the Tunisian Campaign.
El Haouaria was used primarily by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force
324th Fighter Group
during June through early October 1943, flying P-40 Warhawks. After the 324th left for Menzel Heurr Airfield
, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today, the remains of the runway are visible in aerial photography, but nothing else remains.
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
, located approximately 44 km northeast of Tāklisah; about 40 km east of Tunis
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
. It was a temporary airfield constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency...
in 1943 during the Tunisian Campaign.
El Haouaria was used primarily by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
324th Fighter Group
324th Fighter Group
The 324th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Air Support Command, stationed at Fliegerhorst Stuttgart-Echterdingen , Germany. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
during June through early October 1943, flying P-40 Warhawks. After the 324th left for Menzel Heurr Airfield
Menzel Heurr Airfield
Menzel Heurr Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which is located approximately 22 km north-northeast of Korba and 60 km east-southeast of Tunis...
, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today, the remains of the runway are visible in aerial photography, but nothing else remains.