Djilma Airfield.png) | |
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| Part ofTwelfth Air Force | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 35°17′19.29″N009°25′31.99″E / 35.2886917°N 9.4255528°E /35.2886917; 9.4255528 |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| In use | 1942-1944 |
Djilma Airfield is an abandonedWorld War II military airfield inTunisia, located about 2 km north of Jilma (Sidi Bu Zayd), approximately 180 km west-southwest ofTunis.
The airfield was built in 1942 as a temporary field which was used by theUnited States Army Air ForceTwelfth Air Force31st Fighter Group during theNorth African Campaign against the GermanAfrika Korps.
The 31st Fighter Group based three squadrons (307th, 308th, 309th) ofSupermarine Spitfires at the airfield from 7 to 12 April 1943. It then moved toKorba Airfield and afterwards, engineers came to the field and dismantled the facility.
Today there are little or no remains of the airfield, except the remains of a runway in the desert just north of the town of Jilma, visible from satellite imagery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
