RAF Kasfareet ( LG-212 ) which is formerly known as RAF Geneifa is a former Royal Air Force station located in Ismailia Governorate , Egypt .
4-598: In 1940, the airfield was constructed, and the 107 Maintenance Unit and 21 Personnel Transit Center was based here during the Second World War . 107 MU operated a maintenance, repair, and flight test center at the airfield. RAF Kasfareet would commonly experience sandstorms . Around 1955, the RAF transferred the airfield alongside RAF Shaluffa to the Egyptian Air Force . Runways 04/22, 14/32, and 09/27
8-940: Is a list of Royal Air Force Maintenance Units (MU). The majority of MUs were previously Equipment Depots (ED), Storage Depots (SD) and Aircraft Storage Units (ASU)s. sub sites at : Aberporth 1940. Babdown Farm between 31 Jul 1945 and 30 Sep 1950. RAF Bibury between 1 Dec 1944 and 28 Feb 1950. Collaton Cross, Plymouth between 20 Aug and 22 Oct 1945. Enstone between 15 Jan and 28 Oct 1946. Llandaff between 26 May 1943 and 14 Apr 1947. Pucklechurch between 21 Apr and 19 Jul 1945 and 30 Nov 1946 to 10 Nov 1958. RAF Sealand between 1 Jul 1969 and Dec 1978. Staverton between 4 Jun 1945 and 11 Aug 1953. Stoke Orchard between 16 Sep 1946 and 6 Mar 1950. Titchfield between 31 Dec 1946 and 1 Feb 1947. Storage Storage Storage Storage RAF Habbaniya from 1954 to 1956 RAFweb indicates different dates for 114 MU's stay at Wadi Seidna: between 26 December 1941 and 20 February 1943. The unit
12-477: The camp was guarded by fences and searchlights. Kasfareet was operated by four bituminous runways, which only one was used after the transfer of ownership. The following units that were once formed, or based at Kasfareet: The following units that were once based at RAF Kasfareet at one point. The following aircraft could be operated from RAF Kasfareet in an emergency: List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units#No. 101 MU – No. 200 MU The following
16-441: Was closed shortly afterwards. The former RAF maintenance, repair, and flight test center was not used by the Egyptian Air Force after the transfer. RAF Kasfareet stored 28,800 gallons of AV GAS and 28,800 gallons of jet fuel . Accommodated with the airfield was a control tower, an administrative building, a 36-bed infirmary, and an armory. RAF personnel stationed at the airfield slept in tents, and in billets . The perimeter of
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