RAF El Amiriya is a former Royal Air Force station in Egypt, located approximately 16 km south-southwest of Alexandria; 180 km northwest of Cairo, Egypt.
El Amiriya was a pre–World War II airfield, first used in 1917. During the Second World War, the station was also referred to as Landing Grounds 85 – 99, 154 and 171–175, it was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces during the North African campaign against Axis forces. By 1958, RAF El Amiriya and its southern airfield was evidently abandoned.
History
USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:
79th Fighter Group, 19 November 1942 – 14 January 1943, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 324th Fighter Group, December 1942 – 2 February 1943, P-40 Warhawk
After the war, the airfield appears to have been closed about 1946. Today, the area is abandoned with various concrete parts of the station still in evidence when viewed by aerial photography.
British Coordinates LG-85 LG-99 LG-154 LG-171 LG-175
See also List of North African airfields during World War II
References Citations
Bibliography
Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .
Royal Air Force Airfield Creation for the Western Desert Campaign