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Mostaganem Airport is a civilian airport in
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,
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, located about 280 km west-southwest of
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. The airport has no commercial air service, and is sparsely used by general aviation.


World War II

During World War II, the facility was known as "Matemore Airfield". It was a major
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Troop Carrier transport base of operations during the
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against the German
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. It was used by the following combat units: * 4th Troop Carrier Squadron (
62d Troop Carrier Group 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon a ...
), 18 May-25 June 1943,
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* 7th Troop Carrier Squadron (
62d Troop Carrier Group 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon a ...
), 21 May-22 June 1943,
C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troo ...
* 8th Troop Carrier Squadron (
62d Troop Carrier Group 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon a ...
), 17 May-1 June 1943,
C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troo ...
* 51st Troop Carrier Squadron (
62d Troop Carrier Group 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon a ...
), 16 May-2 July 1943,
C-47 Skytrain The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ( RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troo ...


References

* Maurer, Maurer. ''Air Force Combat Units of World War II''. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .


External links


Google Maps - Mostaganem


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