Manduria Airfield

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

Location of Manduria Airfield, Italy

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

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

References

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.