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RAF St Jean | |
|---|---|
| Acre,Mandatory Palestine (nowIsrael) in Mandatory Palestine (nowIsrael) | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Owner | Royal Air Force |
| Operator | Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces |
| Controlled by | RAF Middle East Command |
| Open to the public | No |
| Condition | Abandoned |
| Location | |
  RAF St Jean Location in present-day Israel | |
| Coordinates | 32°56′32.81″N035°06′30.60″E / 32.9424472°N 35.1085000°E /32.9424472; 35.1085000 |
| Site history | |
| In use | Until 1946 |
| Fate | Converted to agricultural land |
| Battles/wars | North African Campaign (World War II) |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | |
Royal Air Force St Jean or more simplyRAF St Jean is a formerRoyal Air Forcestation inMandatory Palestine, nowIsrael, which is located approximately 4 km east-northeast ofAcre and 100 km north-northeast ofTel Aviv.
When located in theBritish Mandate of Palestine during theSecond World War the airfield was used as a military airfield by theRoyal Air Force and theUnited States Army Air Forces of America during theNorth African Campaign against Axis forces.
No. 147 Squadron RAF began to assemble at St. Jean in January 1942, but when noConsolidated Liberator aircraft could be made available, the ground crews were attached to other units.[1]
USAAFNinth Air Force units which used the airfield were:
After the war, the airfield appears to have been abandoned. The area today is a collection of agricultural fields. Two single-lane agricultural roads in a "V" pattern are the remnants of the airfield's runways (17/35, 10/28), but no evidence of the support area or runways remain.
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