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Montesquieu Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates36°04′27.64″N 007°49′14.28″E / 36.0743444°N 7.8206333°E / 36.0743444; 7.8206333
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1942
In use1942-1943
Montesquieu Airfield is located in Algeria
Montesquieu Airfield
Montesquieu Airfield
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Location of Montesquieu , Algeria

Montesquieu Airfield was a World War II military airfield in Algeria, located in the mountains near M'Daourouch, about 112 km southeast of Constantine. Its precise location is undetermined. It was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers and was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps.

  • 320th Bombardment Group, April-29 June 1943, B-26 Marauder
  • 325th Fighter Group, 5 April-3 June 1943, P-40 Warhawk

When the Americans moved east to Tunisia in June 1943, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. There are several possible locations of the field visible in aerial photography in the mountains just north of M'Daourouch, but its precise location can not be determined.

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