RAF Gambut

RAF Gambut (or RAF Kambut) is a complex of six abandoned military airfields in Libya, located about 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-northeast of the village of Kambut, and 50 kilometres (31 mi) east-south-east of Tobruk.

During World War II, the complex was an important facility, used by the Royal Air Force and many RAF squadrons were temporarily based there.

Axis forces re-captured Gambut on 17 June 1941, after the Battle of Tobruk.

The airfield saw use by the Luftwaffe until its recapture by the New Zealand 4th Infantry Brigade on 25 November.

[2] Today the remains of the airfields – deteriorating under the desert sands – are visible on aerial photographs.

Captured 1942 German Luftwaffe map of the airfield complex