Oran Tafaraoui Airport  | |||||||||||
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| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Public/Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | People’s National Army | ||||||||||
| Operator | Algerian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves | Oran,Algeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 112 m / 367 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°32′30″N000°32′00″W / 35.54167°N 0.53333°W /35.54167; -0.53333 | ||||||||||
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  Oran Tafaraoui Location of airport in Algeria | |||||||||||
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| Source:World Aero Data[1][2] | |||||||||||
Oran Tafaraoui Airport is a joint civil/military airport inOran Province,Algeria (IATA:TAF,ICAO:DAOL).
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During World War II, it was a primary mission objective of theUnited States Army34th Infantry Division during the AlliedOperation Torch landings on 8 November 1942, and became a majorTwelfth Air Force base of operations during theNorth African Campaign against the GermanAfrika Korps.[3]
Tafaraoui became a staging and transit point for many units:
The new desertSupermarine Spitfires of the31st Fighter Group were also assigned to Tafaraoui. Other aircraft at the field included P-38s of the 14th, B-26s,North American B-25 Mitchells,Douglas A-20 Havocs,Gen. Doolittle's B-17G, some FrenchAmiot bombers around, and some old wrecks fixed up as dummies.
In 1966 the airport was established as an airbase and training ground for theAlgerian Air Force.[4]
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
