Aghione Airfield
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Aghione Airfield | |
|---|---|
| Part of Fifteenth Air Force | |
| Coordinates | 42°07′41.69″N 009°23′06.79″E / 42.1282472°N 9.3852194°E |
| Type | Military Airfield |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1943 |
| In use | 1943 |
Aghione Airfield
Location of Aghione Airfield, France
Aghione Airfield is an abandoned
Pierced Steel Planking
for runways and parking areas, as well as for dispersal sites. In addition, tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting.
The airfield was primarily used by the
P-51 Mustangs
to the base from several groups to support the landings in Southern France.
After Operation Dragoon, the airfield was closed and dismantled. Today, there are traces of the airfield remaining on the landscape visible from aerial photography, but no buildings or physical features remain.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. OCLC 72556.