Type Military airfield In use June–August 1944 | Built by IX Engineering Command Materials Compressed Earth | |
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Battles/wars Western Front (World War II)
Northern France Campaign Controlled by United States Army Air Forces | ||
Colleville-sur-Mer is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Carentan in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.
Located just outside La Fontaine, the United States Army Air Forces established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 8 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 832d Engineer Aviation Battalion.
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