RAF El Amiriya

RAF El Amiriya is a former Royal Air Force station in Egypt, located approximately 16 km south-southwest of Alexandria; 180 km northwest of Cairo, Egypt.

RAF El Amiriya
Alexandria in Egypt
Site information
Type	Military airfield
Operator	Royal Air Force (RAF)
Controlled by	RAF Middle East Command
Condition	Abandoned
Location
RAF El Amiriya Location in Egypt
Coordinates	31°02′19.46″N 029°47′59.64″E
Site history
Built	1917
In use	1917 – 1946
Fate	Abandoned after World War II
Battles/wars	North African Campaign
Garrison information
Occupants	79th Fighter Group (USAAF) 324th Fighter Group (USAAF)

El Amiriya was a pre–World War II airfield, first used in 1917. During the Second World War, the station was also referred to as Landing Grounds 85 – 99, 154 and 171–175, it was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces during the North African campaign against Axis forces.

History

USAAF Ninth Air Force units which used the airfield were:

• 79th Fighter Group, 19 November 1942 – 14 January 1943, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk^[1]
• 324th Fighter Group, December 1942 – 2 February 1943, P-40 Warhawk

After the war, the airfield appears to have been closed about 1946. Today, the area is abandoned with various concrete parts of the station still in evidence when viewed by aerial photography.

British Coordinates

• LG-85 30°47′0″N 29°51′5″E
• LG-99 30°48′5″N 29°54′5″E
• LG-154 30°46′5″N 29°50′5″E
• LG-171 30°56′0″N 29°31′0″E
• LG-175 30°55′0″N 29°55′0″E

See also

• List of North African airfields during World War II