Ghriss Airport
IATA:MUW ICAO:DAOV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Serves	Mascara,Algeria
Location	Ghriss,Algeria
Elevation AMSL	1,686 ft / 514 m
Coordinates	35°12′28″N000°08′50″E / 35.20778°N 0.14722°E /35.20778; 0.14722
Map
MUW Location of airport in Algeria
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 08/26 5,577 1,700 Asphalt
Source:World Aero Data[1]

Ghriss Airport (IATA:MUW,ICAO:DAOV) is a civilian airport inGhriss,Mascara Province,Algeria, located 5.0 km southwest of the town ofGhriss,Algeria.

During World War II, the facility was known as "Thiersville Airfield". It was aTwelfth Air Force base of operations during theNorth African Campaign used by the60th Troop Carrier Group, which flewC-47 Skytrain transports from the airfield between May and June 1943.

 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.

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