Blida Airport
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| Blida Airport | |||
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| IATA: QLD – ICAO: DAAB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Serves | Blida | ||
| Location | Algeria | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 535 ft / 163 m | ||
| Coordinates | 36°30′13.9″N 2°48′52.1″E / 36.503861°N 2.814472°ECoordinates: 36°30′13.9″N 2°48′52.1″E / 36.503861°N 2.814472°E | ||
| Map | |||
  DAAB | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 07/25 | 5,930 | 1,807 | ASPHALT |
| Source: Landings.com[1] | |||
Blida Airport is an airport in Blida, Algeria (IATA: QLD, ICAO: DAAB).
On November 8, 1942, during World War II, the airport was taken by the British 11th Infantry Brigade. The event was part of the Operation Torch of the North African Campaign.[2]
Major A. Peter Dewey, America's first Vietnam casualty, departed from the airport on a parachuting mission to South Western France, while serving as a Lieutenant at the Air Transport Command in August 10, 1944. With his company was Jack Hemingway, the son of writer Ernest Hemingway, who, unusually, strapped a fishing rod to his leg before parachuting in.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "DAAB @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
- ↑ "Algeria-French Morocco, US Army Campaigns in World War II". mtmestas.com. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ↑ "A. Peter Dewey, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army". arlingtoncemetery.net. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
External links
- "DAAB @ aerobaticsweb.org". Landings.com.
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