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Ismailia Air Base

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Coordinates:30°35′53.75″N32°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°E /30.5982639; 32.2369056

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Egyptian airforce helicopter base

Ismailia Air Base
RAF Ismailia
RAF Moascar

Arabic:قاعدة الاسماعيلية الجوية

Ismailia,Ismailia Governorate in Egypt

Members of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at RAF Ismailia, 1942

Site information

Type

Air Base

Owner

Ministry of Defense (Egypt)

Operator

Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Egyptian Air Force

Controlled by

Royal Air Force (1935-1956)
Ninth Air Force (1942)
Egyptian Air Force (1956 – present)

Location

Ismailia Air Base

Shown within Egypt

Coordinates

30°35′53.75″N32°14′12.86″E / 30.5982639°N 32.2369056°E /30.5982639; 32.2369056

Site history

Built

1915 (1915)

In use

1915 - present

Battles/wars

World War II

Western Desert campaign

Airfield information

Elevation

11 metres (36 ft)AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
13/31	980 metres (3,215 ft) Asphalt

Ismailia Air BaseEl Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīyä is anair base of theEgyptian Air Force located approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west-northwest of the city ofIsmailia; 116 kilometres (72 mi) northeast ofCairo, Egypt.

History

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Ismailia was a pre-World War II station, originally opened by the British about 1915 as Moascar.

On 5–7 November 1938, RAFVickers Wellesley aircraft set anon-stop distance record by flying from Ismailia toDarwin, Australia, a distance of 7,162 miles (11520.4 km).

DuringWorld War II, the airfield, then known asRAF Ismailia, continued to be used as a military airfield by the BritishRoyal Air Force and also theUnited States Army Air Forces during theNorth African campaign against Axis forces.

History

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Royal Air Force

No. 6 Squadron RAF between 28 October 1929 and 29 May 1936 with theFairey Gordon,Hawker Hart andHawker Demon^[1]
No. 11 Squadron RAF between 9 May and 16 June 1940 with theBristol Blenheim I^[2]
No. 14 Squadron RAF initially between 23 November 1915 and 20 January 1917 with theRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.2C & E,Farman MF.11 Shorthorn,Martinsyde S.1,Martinsyde G.100 andAirco DH.1A the between 24 August and 19 December 1940 with theVickers Wellesley^[3]
No. 30 Squadron RAF between 25 August 1939 and 9 July 1940 with the Blenheim I & IF^[4]
No. 33 Squadron RAF between 14 November 1936 and 21 October 1938 with the Hart andGloster Gladiator I^[5]
No. 38 Squadron RAF between 24 November and 7 December 1940 with theVickers Wellington IC^[6]
No. 45 Squadron RAF between 3 January and 4 August 1939 with the Wellesley and Blenheim I^[7]
No. 55 Squadron RAF between 25 August 1939 and 11 June 1940 with the Blenheim I^[8]
No. 64 Squadron RAF between 9 April and 1 August 1936 with the Demon^[9]
No. 80 Squadron RAF between 10 May 1938 and 16 January 1939 with the Gladiator^[10]
No. 94 Squadron RAF between 22 April and 29 August 1941 with the Gladiator II and theHawker Hurricane I^[11]
No. 113 Squadron RAF between 1 August and 10 October 1917 with the B.E.2E and theRoyal Aircraft Factory R.E.8^[12]
No. 142 Squadron RAF initially between 2 February and 13 February 1918 with theRoyal Aircraft Factory B.E.12A then between 3 August and 5 November 1936 with the Hart^[13]
No. 208 Squadron RAF initially between 1 February 1920 and 28 September 1922 with R.E.8 andBristol F.2B Fighter then between 26 September 1923 and 27 October 1927 with the F.2B^[14]
No. 211 Squadron RAF between 31 January and 10 August 1939 andHawker Hind and Blenheim I^[15]
Detachment fromNo. 213 Squadron RAF between July and December 1941 with the Hurricane I^[16]
No. 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF between 6 February and 1 March 1942 with the Hurricane I^[17]
Detachment fromNo. 274 Squadron RAF between February and April 1941 with the Hurricane I^[18]
No. 651 Squadron RAF between 10 November 1945 and 2 February 1946 with theTaylorcraft Auster V^[19]

United States Army Air Forces (Ninth Air Force)

12th Bombardment Group October 1942-Undetermined (North American B-25 Mitchell)
436th Troop Carrier Group, 13 August – 18 October 1942.Douglas C-47 Skytrain
434th Bombardment Group, 14 August – 29 September 1942,B-25 Mitchell^{[dubious –discuss]}

^[20]

Current use

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The base houses an Mil Mi-17 unit and further this baseis being used for other military movements.^[21]

References

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^Jefford 1988, p. 25.
^Jefford 1988, p. 27.
^Jefford 1988, p. 28.
^Jefford 1988, p. 34.
^Jefford 1988, p. 36.
^Jefford 1988, p. 37.
^Jefford 1988, p. 40.
^Jefford 1988, p. 42.
^Jefford 1988, p. 45.
^Jefford 1988, p. 49.
^Jefford 1988, p. 52.
^Jefford 1988, p. 56.
^Jefford 1988, p. 61.
^Jefford 1988, p. 69.
^Jefford 1988, p. 70.
^Jefford 1988, p. 71.
^Jefford 1988, p. 75.
^Jefford 1988, p. 82.
^Jefford 1988, p. 102.
^
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.
^"Egypt - Air Force - Al Ismailiyah". Scramble.nl. Retrieved27 November 2024.

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.

External links

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"Gladiator Ace" (2010), B. Cull, Haynes Publishing, p. 20 -21.
Royal Air Force Airfield Creation for the Western Desert Campaign

External links

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Media related toRAF Ismailia at Wikimedia Commons

Royal Air Force

Ministry of Defence

Formations
and units

Units	Commands Groups Wings Squadrons Flights Conversion units Operational Training units Schools / Training units Ferry units Glider units Misc units
Stations	Active Former Satellite Landing Grounds
Regiment	Wings Squadrons Flights

Branches and
components

Reserve forces

Equipment

Personnel

Appointments

Symbols and uniform

Associated civil
organisations

USAAF Ninth Air Force inWorld War II

Stations

Palestine (Mand)	Lydda Muqueibile Ramat David St Jean
Egypt	Abu Sueir Ismailia El Amiriya Daba Deversoir Fayid Kabrit *Landing Ground 174 Payne Sidi Haneish
Libya	Baheira Belandah Benina Castel Benito Berca Darragh El Adem El Assa Gambut Hamraiet Lete Martuba Tmed El Chel Tobruk Tripoli Sidi Azeiz
Tunisia	Ben Gardane Bou Grara Chekira Hani Hazbub Hergla El Djem El Haouaria Kairouan Medenine Menzel Heurr Sfax Soltane
United Kingdom	Aldermaston Andover Andrews Field Ashford Balderton Barkston Heath Beaulieu Birch Bisterne Boreham Bottesford Boxted Charmy Down Chalgrove Chilbolton Chipping Ongar Christchurch Cottesmore Earls Colne Exeter Folkingham Fulbeck Gosfield Great Dunmow Greenham Common Grove High Halden Headcorn Holmsley South Hurn Ibsley Kingsnorth Langar Lashenden Little Walden Lymington Matching Membury Merryfield Middle Wallop North Witham Ramsbury Raydon Rivenhall Saltby Scorton Staplehurst Spanhoe Stansted Stoney Cross Thruxton Upottery Warmwell Welford Weston Zoyland Wethersfield Winkton Woodchurch Wormingford
Europe	Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) in France, Belgium, Netherlands, and Germany too numerous.

Units

Commands

Wings

Bombardment	97th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 99th Bombardment
Fighter	8th Fighter 9th Fighter 70th Fighter 71st Fighter 84th Fighter 100th Fighter 303d Fighter
Troop carrier	50th Troop Carrier 52d Troop Carrier 53d Troop Carrier

Groups

Bombardment	12th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 322d Bombardment 323d Bombardment Group 340th Bombardment Group 344th Bombardment Group 376th Bombardment 386th Bombardment 387th Bombardment 391st Bombardment 394th Bombardment 397th Bombardment 409th Bombardment 410th Bombardment 416th Bombardment
Fighter	36th Fighter 48th Fighter 50th Fighter 57th Fighter 79th Fighter 324th Fighter 354th Fighter 358th Fighter 365th Fighter 362d Fighter 363d Fighter 366th Fighter 367th Fighter 368th Fighter 370th Fighter 371st Fighter 373d Fighter 404th Fighter 405th Fighter 406th Fighter 474th Fighter
Troop carrier	61st Troop Carrier 64th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 315th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier 349th Troop Carrier 434th Troop Carrier 435th Troop Carrier 436th Troop Carrier 437th Troop Carrier 438th Troop Carrier 439th Troop Carrier 440th Troop Carrier 441st Troop Carrier 442d Troop Carrier IX Troop Carrier Pathfinder (Provisional)
Reconnaissance	10th Reconnaissance 67th Reconnaissance 69th Reconnaissance