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Deversoir Air Base (LG-209) is an active airbase of the Egyptian Air Force, known as 'Abu Sultan', located approximately 19 km south-southeast of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo. It was formerly a major Royal Air Force airfield known as RAF Deversoir built before World War II .
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Deversoir Air Base
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Deversoir Air Base (LG-209) is a former military airfield in Egypt, located approximately 19 km south-southeast of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo
It was formerly a major Royal Air Force airfield known as RAF Deversoir built before World War II.
During World War II, it was used as a military airfield by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.
USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:
•List of World War II North Africa Airfields
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
•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 (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556. http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/combat_sq_of_the_af_wwii.pdf.
•Royal Air Force Airfield Creation for the Western Desert Campaign
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It was stationed at Deversoir in the Suez Canal Zone from October 1948 till its disbandment there on 30 September 1954. With Bomber Command to RAF Germany. The squadron reformed once again on 1 September 1955 as an English Electric Canberra squadron, specialising in low level interdiction missions.
An airbase (stylised air base in American English), sometimes referred to as a military airbase, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base, is an aerodrome or airport used as a military base by a military force for the operation of military aircraft.
Deversoir Air Base. F. RAF Fayid. Marsa Matruh International Airport. Categories: Airports in Egypt. Egyptian Air Force. Military airbases. Military installations of Egypt. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Deversoir Air Base (LG-209) is an active airbase of the Egyptian Air Force, known as 'Abu Sultan', located approximately 19 km south-southeast of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo. It was formerly a major Royal Air Force airfield known as RAF Deversoir built before World War II.
