Telerghma Airport
IATA:none ICAO:DAAM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Telerghma
Location	Algeria
Elevation AMSL	2,484 ft / 757 m
Coordinates	36°6′30″N6°21′50″E / 36.10833°N 6.36389°E /36.10833; 6.36389 (Telerghma Airport (Telerghma))
Map
DAAM Location of Telerghma Airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 2,200 7,220 Asphalt
Source: World Aero Data[1] Landings.com[1] Google Maps[2]

Telerghma Airport is a joint-use civilian/military airport inAlgeria (ICAO:DAAM), just south of the city of Telerghma, about 300 km east ofAlgiers.

Built by the French Colonial government prior toWorld War II, the small airport was seized by American Forces in the initial aftermath of theOperation Torch landings on 2 December 1942. By 13 December, French troops and United States Army Engineers had improved the runway sufficiently for17th Bombardment GroupB-26 Marauder medium bombers to begin using the facility, now known as "Telerghma Airfield." MajorTwelfth Air Force units assigned to the airfield during theNorth African Campaign were:

• 17th Bombardment Group, 13 December 1942 – 10 May 1943,B-26 Marauder
• 310th Bombardment Group, 21 December 1942 – 1 January 1943,B-25 Mitchell
• 319th Bombardment Group, 12 December 1942 – 3 March 1943,B-26 Marauder
• 14th Fighter Group, 5 May-13 June 1943,P-38 Lightning
• 33d Fighter Group, 24 December 1942 – 7 January 1943; 20 February-2 March 1943,P-40 Warhawk
• 52d Fighter Group, 17 January-9 March 1943,Spitfire
• 82d Fighter Group, January-28 March 1943,P-38 Lightning

After the Battle of North Africa ended, Telerghma Airfield was converted into a Bombardment Training Center, used to instructFrench Air Force ground and bomber crews in safe and effective tactical operation and maintenance of American fighter and bomber aircraft. The training center closed at the end of October 1944, and the airfield was returned to civil authorities.

 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.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 August 20, 2023.
• USAFHRA search for Telergma Airport

• Airport information for DAAM at Great Circle Mapper.
• OurAirports - Telerghma

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