Manduria Airfield
40°26′33.11″N 017°37′49.33″E / 40.4425306°N 17.6303694°E / 40.4425306; 17.6303694Type Military airfield Site information Controlled by United States Army Air Forces Site history Built 1943 In use 1943-1945 ![Manduria Airfield is located in Italy](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Italy_provincial_location_map_2016.svg/200px-Italy_provincial_location_map_2016.svg.png)
USAAF Twelfth Air Force in World War II
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Manduria Airfield
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Location of Manduria Airfield, ItalyManduria Airfield is a World War II airfield in Italy, located approximately 5 km north of Manduria, and about 390 km east-southeast of Naples. It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force and later Fifteenth Air Force B-24 Liberator heavy bomber airfield.
- HQ 47th Bombardment Wing, 1 October 1943 – 15 May 1945
- 68th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, November 1943-April 1944, (Various Photo-Reconnaissance Aircraft)
- 98th Bombardment Group, 19 December 1943 – 17 January 1944, B-24 Liberator
In aerial imagery, the main runway, taxiways and many dispersal pads are clearly evident.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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