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Maitzborn Airfield

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Type
  
Military Airfield

In use
  
1945

Maitzborn Airfield

Battles/wars
  
Western Front (World War II)

Maitzborn Airfield is a former military airfield, located 1.7 km east-southeast of Kirchberg in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

History

The airfield's origins are undetermined. Maitzborn was captured by the United States Army in March 1945 as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The airfield was repaired by IX Engineering Command, Ninth Air Force into an Army Air Forces advanced Landing Ground, designated Y-70. Air Force units used the airfield as a casualty evacuation and combat resupply airfield by the IX Air Force Service Command. After the German Capitulation on 8 May, it was abandoned.

References

Maitzborn Airfield Wikipedia