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Manduria Airfield
Manduria Airfield;
Coordinates	40°26′33.11″N 017°37′49.33″E / 40.4425306°N 17.6303694°E
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1943-1945

Manduria Airfield is a World War II airfield in Italy, located approximately 5 km north of Manduria, and about 390 km east-southeast of Naples. It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force and later Fifteenth Air Force B-24 Liberator heavy bomber airfield.

HQ 47th Bombardment Wing, 1 October 1943 – 15 May 1945
68th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, November 1943-April 1944, (Various Photo-Reconnaissance Aircraft)
98th Bombardment Group, 19 December 1943 – 17 January 1944, B-24 Liberator

Manduria Airfield

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Location of Manduria Airfield, Italy

In aerial imagery, the main runway, taxiways and many dispersal pads are clearly evident.

References edit

This article incorporates public domain material from 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.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.