Enfidaville Airfield

Enfidaville Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Type	Military airfield
Coordinates	36°08′04.42″N 010°25′51.19″E
Built	1943
In use	1943
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces

Enfidaville Airfield

Location of Enfidaville Airfield, Tunisia

Enfidaville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Tunisia, located approximately 13 km north-northwest of Harqalah; approximately 90 km southwest of Tunis. It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign as a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber ant troop carrier base. Known units assigned were:

• 316th Troop Carrier Group, 21 June-3 September 1943, C-47 Skytrain
• 376th Bombardment Group, 26 September-17 November 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress

When the Americans moved to Italy, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today the airfield has almost completely returned to its natural state, with only the outlines of the main runway and what appears to be taxiways faintly visible in aerial photography.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of 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.
• Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5