Canrobert

Airfield
media-46756.jpeg UPL 46756 A-20B-DL #41-3014 (foreground)
47th BG
Canrobert Airfield

Object Number - UPL 46756 - A-20B-DL #41-3014 (foreground) 47th BG Canrobert Airfield

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Detailed History

Canrobert Airfield was a World War II military airfield in Algeria, located approximately 4 km south of Oum el Bouaghi, approximately 70 km southeast of Constantine. It was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force during the North African Campaign against the German Afrika Korps. The Allied commanders made desperate efforts to prepare forward airfields for the use of fighters and fighter-bombers. Canrobert was one of these intermediate fields.[1]

Known Twelfth Air Force units assigned were:

47th Bombardment Group, 6–30 March 1943, A-20 Havoc

81st Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 16 March-3 May 1943, B-25 Mitchell

82d Bombardment Squadron, (12th Bombardment Group), 16 March-1 May 1943, B-25 Mitchell

308th Fighter Squadron, (31st Fighter Squadron), 21–25 February 1943, Spitfire

When the Americans moved out in May 1943, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today agriculture has reclaimed the land where the airfield existed, however a faint outline of its main runway can be seen in aerial photograph

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38032271
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34955677
  • Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
  • Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 85th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-23155
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot - Squadron Commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13025673
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Radio Mechanic
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 84th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-709805
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 84th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Miss Carriage
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 97th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Ball of Fire
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 84th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: A-20 Havoc
  • Nicknames: Dirty Gertie
  • Unit: 47th Bomb Group 84th Bomb Squadron

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