Ismailia Air Base is an air base of the Egyptian Air Force located approximately west-northwest of the city of Ismailia; northeast of Cairo, Egypt.
History
Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1915 as Moascar.
On 5–7 November 1938, RAF Vickers Wellesley aircraft set a non-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia to Darwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles (11520.4 km).
During World War II, the airfield, then known as RAF Ismailia, continued to be used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and also the United States Army Air Forces during the North African campaign against Axis forces.
History Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces (Ninth Air Force) 12th Bombardment Group October 1942-Undetermined (North American B-25 Mitchell) 436th Troop Carrier Group, 13 August – 18 October 1942. Douglas C-47 Skytrain 434th Bombardment Group, 14 August – 29 September 1942, B-25 Mitchell Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .
Current use
The base houses an Mil Mi-17 unit and is also being used for other military movements.
See also List of North African airfields during World War II
References
External links "Gladiator Ace" (2010), B. Cull, Haynes Publishing, p. 20 -21. Royal Air Force Airfield Creation for the Western Desert Campaign
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