Bone

Airfield

During World War II the airport was known as Bone - Duzerville, and was used by the United States Army, the USAAF Twelfth Air Force and the RAF in the North African Campaign in 1942-1943. 

On 17 August 1943, aircraft from the 95th Bomb Group landed at Bone Airfield after bombing targets at Regensburg. From their unit history: 'Over the Swiss Alps to blast Regensburg, and on to airfields in Africa. Planes landed at Bone Airfield, on the edge of the Mediterranean in Algeria. Others went to Telergma. Crews slept on the ground or in makeshift shelters, serviced their planes with little help, and took off again, to bomb Nazi war production at Bordeaux before landing back at home base.'

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Detailed History

Duzerville airfield , also known as Les Salines, is a pre-war civil airfield built by the French, and occupied in November 1942 by Allied forces.

People

Richard Ernest Evans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 99th Bomb Group 346th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-0397378
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot, instructor

Revisions

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ContributorNicola.Sartore
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Sources

I deleted the reference about the Luftwaffe because it was never base in Algeria. See for example www.ww2.dk website.

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ContributorLucy May
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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabah_Bitat_Airport

95th Bomb Group unit history produced at the end of the war in Europe.