Oudna

Airfield

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Oudna Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, which was located approximately 7 km southwest of La Mohammedia; about 14 km south-southwest of Tunis It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign as a heavy B-17 Flying Fortress bomber airfield. Known units assigned were:

99th Bombardment Group, 4 August-11 December 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress (12AF/15AF after 1 November 193)

301st Bombardment Group, 6 August-7 December 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress (12AF/15AF after 1 November 193)



Today the airfield is nearly indistinguishable from the agricultural fields in the area. A faint outline of dispersal pads and taxiways, along with a single lane agricultural road which is the remnant of the main runway are visible in aerial photography.

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  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Chum
  • Unit: 97th Bomb Group 341st Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 416th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 352nd Bomb Squadron 301st Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 301st Bomb Group 353rd Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group 20th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 348th Bomb Squadron
42-5143 Dirty Gertie
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dirty gertie
  • Unit: 347th Bomb Squadron 99th Bomb Group 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron

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