Angads Airport (Angads Airport)
Oujda Angads Airport (مطار وجدة أنجاد) is an airport serving Oujda, a city in the Oriental region in Morocco. it is located about 12 km north of Oujda and about 600 km northeast of Casablanca, near the Algerian border.
During World War II, the airport was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African campaign. It was called RAF Oujda and Oujda Airfield Known units assigned were:
* HQ 5th Bombardment Wing, December 1942 – January 1943
* HQ 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 8 May – July 1943
* 68th Reconnaissance Group, November 1942 – 24 March 1943 (Various photo-reconnaissance aircraft)
* 313th Troop Carrier Group, 9 May – 16 June 1943 C-47 Skytrain
* 319th Bombardment Group, 3 March – 25 April 1943 B-26 Marauder
* 350th Fighter Group, 6 January – 14 February 1943 P-39/P-400 Airacobra
After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for Air Transport Command aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route. When WWII ended the control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities.
During World War II, the airport was used as a military airfield by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and United States Army Air Forces Twelfth Air Force during the North African campaign. It was called RAF Oujda and Oujda Airfield Known units assigned were:
* HQ 5th Bombardment Wing, December 1942 – January 1943
* HQ 52d Troop Carrier Wing, 8 May – July 1943
* 68th Reconnaissance Group, November 1942 – 24 March 1943 (Various photo-reconnaissance aircraft)
* 313th Troop Carrier Group, 9 May – 16 June 1943 C-47 Skytrain
* 319th Bombardment Group, 3 March – 25 April 1943 B-26 Marauder
* 350th Fighter Group, 6 January – 14 February 1943 P-39/P-400 Airacobra
After the Americans moved out their active units in mid-1943, the airport was used as a stopover and landing field for Air Transport Command aircraft on the Casablanca-Algiers transport route. When WWII ended the control of the airfield was returned to civil authorities.
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In a region inhabited since the Paleolithic era over 300,000 years ago, the first Moroccan state was established by Idris I in 788. It was subsequently ruled by a series of independent dynasties, reaching its zenith as a regional power in the 11th and 12th centuries, under the Almoravid and Almohad dynasties, when it controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula and the Maghreb. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Morocco faced external threats to its sovereignty, with Portugal seizing some territory and the Ottoman Empire encroaching from the east. The Marinid and Saadi dynasties otherwise resisted foreign domination, and Morocco was the only North African nation to escape Ottoman dominion. The 'Alawi dynasty, which rules the country to this day, seized power in 1631, and over the next two centuries expanded diplomatic and commercial relations with the Western world. Morocco's strategic location near the mouth of the Mediterranean drew renewed European interest; in 1912, France and Spain divided the country into respective protectorates, reserving an international zone in Tangier. Following intermittent riots and revolts against colonial rule, in 1956, Morocco regained its independence and reunified.
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MAD | Moroccan dirham | د م. | 2 |
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AR | Arabic language |
FR | French language |