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Tortorella Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy which is located approximately 9 km east-northeast of Foggia; about 130 km northeast of Naples. Built in 1943 by United States Army Engineers the airfield was a large facility capable of handling heavy B-17 Flying Fortress strategic bombers.Major units stationed at Tortorella were: 99th Bombardment Group 11 December 1943-27 October 1945 B-17 Flying FortressIt was closed by the Americans on 23 October 1945.
