RAF Deversoir
| Deversoir Air Base RAF Deversoir LG-209 |
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| Near Ahou Sulan, Egypt | |
RAF Deversoir - Airfield about 1945 mosaic
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 RAF Deversoir
Location in Egypt
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| Coordinates | 30°25′22″N 032°20′07″E / 30.42278°N 32.33528°ECoordinates: 30°25′22″N 032°20′07″E / 30.42278°N 32.33528°E |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Egyptian Armed Forces |
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 Royal Air Force United States Army Air Forces Egyptian Air Force
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| Controlled by |
Royal Air Force (1935-1956) Ninth Air Force (1942-45) Egyptian Air Force (1956-Present) |
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Deversoir Air Base (LG-209) is a former military airfield in Egypt, located approximately 19 km south-southeast of Ismailia (Al Isma`iliyah); 116 km northeast of Cairo. It was formerly a major Royal Air Force airfield known as RAF Deversoir built before World War II.
Deversoir was a Royal Air Force (RAF) military airfield built in the 1930s. It was built part of the defences of the Suez Canal, being constructed at the northwest shore of the Great Bitter Lake. During World War II, it was used as a military airfield by the RAF and the United States Army Air Force during the North African Campaign against Axis forces.22
The airfield received United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 12 February 1945 as he flew from the Yalta Conference to rejoin the USS Quincy, which was anchored in the Great Bitter Lake and would host the President's meetings with King Farouk of Egypt, King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia before transporting him back to the United States.
Deversoir appears to have been used by the RAF after the war until 1956, then turned over to the Egyptian Air Force. Modern hardened aircraft shelters were built on wartime-era dispersal pads, and recent runway markings are evident in aerial photography. However, the airfield does not appear to be in current use.
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