Lete Airfield
Site information
Type	Military airfield
Location
Coordinates	32°05′59.97″N020°10′38.16″E / 32.0999917°N 20.1772667°E /32.0999917; 20.1772667
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1943

Lete Airfield

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Location of Lete Airfield, Libya

Lete Airfield is an abandonedWorld War II military airfield located in the vicinity of Al Jukhkh al Kabir; about 10 km east ofBenghazi. Its precise location is undetermined, likely redeveloped as part of the suburbs of Benghazi.

It was used by theUnited States Army Air ForceNinth Air Force during the Eastern Desert Campaign by theBritish Eighth Army by the343rd Bombardment Squadron (98th Bombardment Group) from 3 March-25 September 1943,B-24 Liberator and the344th Bombardment Squadron (98th Bombardment Group), from 4 March-24 September 1943,B-24 Liberator.

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer.Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. 521p.ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969].Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6.LCCN 70605402.OCLC 72556. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on December 20, 2016.

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