San Pancrazio Airfield

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San Pancrazio Airfield
 
Coordinates40°26′18.50″N 017°51′23.69″E / 40.4384722°N 17.8565806°E / 40.4384722; 17.8565806
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Army Air Forces
ConditionSemi-derelict
Site history
Built1943
In use1943-1945
San Pancrazio Airfield is located in Italy
San Pancrazio Airfield
San Pancrazio Airfield
Location ofSan Pancrazio Airfield, Italy

San Pancrazio Airfield is an abandoned

Italian Campaign
.

Known units assigned to the airfield were:

  • P-38 Lightning
    , (12AF)
  • B-25 Mitchell
    , (12AF)
  • B-24 Liberator
    , (15AF)
  • B-24 Liberator
    , (15AF)

San Pancrazio Airfield is probably the best-preserved American heavy bomber base in Italy. Most of the main runway and taxiways remain, along with numerous dispersal pads. Numerous remains of wartime buildings are also visible. After the war, the airfield may have been used as San Pancrazio Airport, but today several agricultural buildings are on the main runway. The grass areas of the airfield are used as agricultural fields, but most of the concreted areas remain.

References

Public Domain 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. .
  • 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
    .

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