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Blida Airport is an airport in Blida, Algeria (ICAO: DAAB). It undertook a repavement project in 2012. On 8 November 1942, during World War II, the airport was taken by the . The event was part of the Operation Torch of the North African Campaign. Shortly afterwards, Lieutenant B.H.C. Nation, RN, leader of a flight of Grumman Martlets from HMS Victorious, saw white handkerchiefs fluttering on the ground and landed on the airfield. He accepted a written agreement from the French Air Commander that Allied aircraft might land. No. 326 Wing RAF began arriving by 11 November 1942 and soon its four squadrons of Bristol Bisleys were bombing Axis airfields by night.

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  • Blida Airport (en)
  • مطار البليدة (ar)
  • Bandar Udara Blida (in)
  • Blida Airport (sv)
  • 卜利達機場 (zh)
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  • مطار البليدة (بالإنجليزية: Blida Airport)‏ هو مطار عسكري يقع في الجزائر. (ar)
  • Bandar Udara Blida merupakan sebuah bandar udara yang terletak di Blida, Aljazair (IATA: QLD, ICAO: DAAB). Bandar udara tersebut berdiri dekat dengan Bandar Udara Boufarik di , Aljazair. (in)
  • 卜利達機場是一個位於阿爾及利亞卜利達的機場,IATA代码:QLD;ICAO代码:DAAB。 在1942年11月8日二次大戰其間,機場曾經被佔用。為北非戰場火炬行動中的一件事件。 (zh)
  • Blida Airport is an airport in Blida, Algeria (ICAO: DAAB). It undertook a repavement project in 2012. On 8 November 1942, during World War II, the airport was taken by the . The event was part of the Operation Torch of the North African Campaign. Shortly afterwards, Lieutenant B.H.C. Nation, RN, leader of a flight of Grumman Martlets from HMS Victorious, saw white handkerchiefs fluttering on the ground and landed on the airfield. He accepted a written agreement from the French Air Commander that Allied aircraft might land. No. 326 Wing RAF began arriving by 11 November 1942 and soon its four squadrons of Bristol Bisleys were bombing Axis airfields by night. (en)
  • Blida Airport är en flygplats i Algeriet. Den ligger i provinsen Blida, i den norra delen av landet, 30 km sydväst om huvudstaden Alger. Blida Airport ligger 161 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Blida Airport är varierad. Den högsta punkten i närheten är , 1 530 meter över havet, 10,6 km söder om Blida Airport. Runt Blida Airport är det tätbefolkat, med 511 invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Blida, 3,9 km söder om Blida Airport. Runt Blida Airport är det i huvudsak tätbebyggt. (sv)
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  • Source: Landings.com (en)
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  • Location of Blida Airport in Algeria (en)
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  • مطار البليدة (بالإنجليزية: Blida Airport)‏ هو مطار عسكري يقع في الجزائر. (ar)
  • Blida Airport is an airport in Blida, Algeria (ICAO: DAAB). It undertook a repavement project in 2012. On 8 November 1942, during World War II, the airport was taken by the . The event was part of the Operation Torch of the North African Campaign. Shortly afterwards, Lieutenant B.H.C. Nation, RN, leader of a flight of Grumman Martlets from HMS Victorious, saw white handkerchiefs fluttering on the ground and landed on the airfield. He accepted a written agreement from the French Air Commander that Allied aircraft might land. No. 326 Wing RAF began arriving by 11 November 1942 and soon its four squadrons of Bristol Bisleys were bombing Axis airfields by night. On 6 December 1942, the 97th Bomb Group's 414th Bomb Squadron Commanding Officer flew from Tafaraoui Airfield at Oran, Algeria to certify the preparation of the "Blida Airfield" ready to receive two 97th Bomb Group Squadrons, the 342nd and the 414th. On 12 December 1942, the 414th Bomb Squadron Commander flew back to Tafaraoui Airfield at Oran, Algeria. The next day, the 342nd and the 414th Bomb Squadrons flew to "Blida Airfield" and prepared for its next day's bombing mission. On 14 December 1942, all four Bomb Squadrons from the 97th Bomb Group departed their respective bases and bombed the Tunis docks in Tunisia and returned to new their new base at Biskra, Algeria. (en)
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