Sidi Azeiz Airfield LG-148
Arabic:مطار سيدي عزيز
Bardia,Butnan District in Libya
Site information
Type	Airfield
Code	LG-148
Operator	United States Army Air Forces Royal Air Force
Controlled by	Ninth Air Force RAF Middle East Command
Location
Sidi Azeiz Airfield Shown within Libya
Coordinates	31°44′49″N024°56′59″E / 31.74694°N 24.94972°E /31.74694; 24.94972
Site history
Built	1941 (1941)
In use	1941 - 1943 (1943)

Sidi Azeiz Airfield, or Sidi Azeis is an abandonedWorld War II military airfield in theeastern desert ofLibya. It was located southwest ofBardia,Butnan District, Libya and near theEgypt–Libya border near Jabbanat Sidi, about 100 km east ofTobruk. German Coordinates are given as31°40′00″N24°54′00″E / 31.66667°N 24.90000°E /31.66667; 24.90000

It was used by theUnited States Army Air ForceNinth Air Force during theWestern Desert campaign (named due to the stretch of the Sahara in Egypt being called the Western Desert) by the BritishEighth Army, which the57th Fighter Group, flewCurtiss P-40 Warhawks from on 12–13 November 1942.

The airfield was likely a compacted desert dirt flight strip, and was abandoned as the Allied forces moved west towardsTobruk. Close examination aerial photography of the hard desert about 10 miles west of Burdi shows some evidence of disturbance which could indicate where it existed.

The following RAF squadrons were here at some point:

• No. 33 Squadron RAF between 17 and 18 June 1942 with theHawker Hurricane IIB^[1]
• Detachment fromNo. 38 Squadron RAF between December 1940 and August 1941 with theVickers Wellington IC^[2]
• No. 112 Squadron RAF between 17 and 18 June 1942 with theCurtiss Kittyhawk IA^[3]
• No. 208 Squadron RAF initially between 8 February and 27 March 1942 with the Hurricane I then between 15 May and 15 June 1942 with the Hurricane IIA & IIB and theCurtiss Tomahawk IIB^[4]
• Detachment fromNo. 223 Squadron RAF between October 1941 and March 1942 with theMartin Maryland^[5]
• No. 260 Squadron RAF between 10 and 15 November 1942 with the Kittyhawk IIA^[6]
• No. 274 Squadron RAF between 10 January and 12 February 1941 with the Hurricane I^[7]
• No. 450 Squadron RAAF between 17 and 18 June 1942 with the Kittyhawk I^[8]
• No. 451 Squadron RAAF between 24 December 1941 and 27 January 1942 with the Hurricane I^[8]

• List of North African airfields during World War II
• Operation Crusader

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

• Jefford, C. G. (1988).RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912.Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing.ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
• Maurer, Maurer.Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983.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.

• cleared land at German Coord.[1]

• Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Libya
• World War II airfields in Libya
• Military airbases established in 1940
• Military airbases closed in 1943

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