Youks-Les-Bains Airfield

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Youks-les-Bains Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Algeria, located about 20km northwest of Tebessa. The airfield today consists of several agricultural fields, with the faint remains of its main runway, parts of a taxiway and a few aircraft dispersal hardstands visible in aerial photography.The facility was built as a civilian airport, probably during the 1930s. During the World War II 1940 Battle of France, the French Air Force GB II/11 flew across the Mediterranean with 14 Lioré et Olivier LeO 45 medium bomberrs, arriving on 21 June. From Youks-les-Bains, the squadron attacked Italian forces at Palermo, Sicily on 23 and 24 June, before the Armistice with Nazi Germany and Italy took place on 25 June. After the armistice, Youks-les-Bains became a base for the limited Vichy French Air Force (French: Armée de l''Air de Vichy) allowed by the Germans.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130905262
• ISBN-10: 6130905262
• Artikelnr.: 29907377