• Mateur Airfield Mateur Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, located approximately 4 km north-northwest of the town of Mateur...
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    Biskra Airfield, Algeria, 21–30 December 1942 Biskra Airfield, Algeria, 30 December 1942 Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield, Algeria, 18 February 1943 Mateur Airfield...
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    station, Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria by 1 March 1943. It flew its first combat mission on 17 April, a strike against Mateur Airfield. It escorted medium...
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    December 1942 Biskra Airfield, Algeria, 22 December 1942 Chateau-dun-du-Rhumel Airfield, Algeria, 16 February 1943 Mateur Airfield, Tunisia, 28 June 1943...
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    Missile Crisis, the squadron deployed a third of its aircraft to a nearby airfield. When the Soviet Long-Range Aviation began flights over Alaska, the squadron...
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    December 1942 Biskra Airfield, Algeria, 14 December 1942 Chateaudun-du-Rhumel Airfield, Algeria, 14 February 1943 Mateur Airfield, Tunisia, c. 20 June...
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    World War II 1st Airdrome Detachment, is responsible for all facets of airfield operations, air traffic control, weather, aircrew life support and training...
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    Brigade (Brigadier A.L. Kent-Lemon) was to advance from Djebel Abiod towards Mateur and 11th Infantry Brigade was to move down the valley of the river Merjerda...
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    in February and was established at its first combat station, Tafaraoui Airfield, Algeria by 28 February 1943. It flew its first combat mission on 17 April...
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    pilots. The squadron controls all air traffic at Tyndall, manages the airfield complex, and provides weather observation and forecasting. The squadron...
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