Ras el Ma Airfield
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Ras el Ma Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Morocco, located in the southeast suburbs of Ras Kebdana.[dubious – discuss] The airfield served as a support facility for the port, allowing Allied aircraft to be assembled and parepared for combat duty, then flown from the airstrip as replacements during the North African Campaign.
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Ras el Ma Airfield![]() | |
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Part of Twelfth Air Force | |
Coordinates | 35°08′18.23″N 002°25′08.36″W |
Type | Military airfield |
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Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
In use | 1942-1943 |
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The United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force also used the airfield to re-equip the 27th Bombardment Group with the A-36 Apache close air support variant of the P-51 Mustang in April 1943. Once the unit was successfully transitioned from its A-20 Havoc light bombers, it was reassigned back to combat duty at Korba, Tunisia.[citation needed]