Canrobert
Airfield47th BG
Canrobert Airfield
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Detailed History
Canrobert Airfield was a World War II military airfield in Algeria, located approximately 4 km south of Oum el Bouaghi, approximately 70 km southeast of Constantine. It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The Allied commanders made desperate efforts to prepare forward airfields for the use of fighters and fighter-bombers. Canrobert was one of these intermediate fields.[1]
Known Twelfth Air Force units assigned were:
47th Bombardment Group, 6–30 March 1943, A-20 Havoc
81st Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 16 March-3 May 1943, B-25 Mitchell
82d Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 16 March-1 May 1943, B-25 Mitchell
308th Fighter Squadron, (31st Fighter Squadron), 21–25 February 1943, Spitfire
When the Americans moved out in May 1943, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today agriculture has reclaimed the land where the airfield existed, however a faint outline of its main runway can be seen in aerial photograph
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 47th Bomb Group Headquarters (47th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-20836
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot - Group Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 47th Bomb Group Headquarters (47th Bomb Group)
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot - Group Operations Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 47th Bomb Group 85th Bomb Squadron 12th Bomb Group
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 47th Bomb Group 85th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12078534
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 410th Bomb Group 47th Bomb Group 645th Bomb Squadron 85th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16088161
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner