Canrobert Airfield was a World War II military airfield in Algeria, located approximately 4 km south of Oum el Bouaghi, approximately 70 km southeast of Constantine.
The Allied commanders made desperate efforts to prepare forward airfields for the use of fighters and fighter-bombers.
[1] Known Twelfth Air Force units assigned were: When the Americans moved out in May 1943, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned.
Today agriculture has reclaimed the land where the airfield existed; however, a faint outline of its main runway can be seen in aerial photography.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency