Blida Airport
Blida Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Serves | Blida | ||||||||||
| Location | Algeria | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 535 ft / 163 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°30′13.9″N 2°48′52.1″E / 36.503861°N 2.814472°E | ||||||||||
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  DAAB Location of Blida Airport in Algeria | |||||||||||
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Source: Landings.com[1] | |||||||||||
Blida Airport is an airport in Blida, Algeria (ICAO: DAAB). It undertook a repavement project in 2012.[2]
On November 8, 1942, during World War II, the airport was taken by the British 11th Infantry Brigade. The event was part of the Operation Torch of the North African Campaign.[3]
Major A. Peter Dewey, America's first Vietnam casualty, departed from the airport on a parachuting mission to South Western France, while serving as a lieutenant at the Air Transport Command in August 10, 1944. With his company was Jack Hemingway, the son of writer Ernest Hemingway, who, unusually, strapped a fishing rod to his leg before parachuting in.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "DAAB @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
- ^ "Algeria-French Morocco, US Army Campaigns in World War II". mtmestas.com. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ^ "A. Peter Dewey, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army". arlingtoncemetery.net. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- Google Earth Historical Imagery
External links
- "DAAB @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com.
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