Advanced Landing Ground
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Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) was the term given to the temporary advance airfield
s constructed by the Allies
during World War II
in support of the invasion of Europe. They were built in the UK prior to the invasion and therefafter in North West Europe from 6 June 1944 to V-E Day
, 7 May 1945.
Unlike the permanent airfields built in the United Kingdom
and designed for the strategic bombardment of Germany
, the tactical combat airfields on the continent were temporary, often improvised airfields to be used by the tactical air forces to support the advancing ground armies engaged on the battlefield. Once the front line moved out of range for the aircraft, the groups and squadrons moved up to newly built ALGs closer to the ground forces and left the ones in the rear for other support uses, or simply abandoned them.
on D-Day
, United States Army Air Forces
(USAAF) engineers were among those in the initial assault waves. Their mission was to rapidly construct forward operating airfields, known as Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs), on the European continent. As the Allied armies advanced across France
and into Germany
, several hundred airfields were built or rehabilitated for use by the allied air forces.
For security reasons, the airstrips were referred to by a coded number instead of location. In the United Kingdom
, USAAF installations were identified by three digit (AAF) numbers ranging from AAF-101 to AAF-925. After D-Day, continental airfields in the European Theater of Operations
(ETO) were also assigned coded numbers. American airfields were given A-, Y-, or R-, prefixes and numbered consecutively from 1 to 99. Both "A" and "Y" designated airfields could be found in France, however many "Y" fields would also be in France, as well as the Netherlands
; Belgium
and occupied areas of Germany. "R" coded fields were usually located in occupied Germany
. British airfields on the continent were also consecutively numbered, but with a B-prefix.
The numbering system for airfields was sequentially assigned as airfields were allocated, not by location or by date of operational use. A-1, Saint Pierre du Mont
, was declared operational on 13 June 1944; A-3 Cardonville
on 14 June. However A-2, Cricqueville-en-Bessin
, was declared operational a few days later on 19 June.
Also many of these airfields had no combat air group or squadron attached to them. They were designed for casualty evacuation
and supply transport and consisted of a quickly built runway manned only by a small complement of station personnel with little or no infrastructure other than tents. As the ground forces moved east, wounded would be sent to the airfield to be picked up by C-47s and taken to hospitals in England
or other rear areas. Also supplies would be airlifted to the fields and unloaded, to be quickly transported to the front line units. These were normally known as S&E Fields (Supply and Evacuation).
Once completed, airfields were usually utilized by the combat groups or squadrons within a day or so of being declared operational for military use by the IX Engineering command engineers. They would be used for perhaps a few days to a week, to several months, depending on the location, use, and operational requirements. Once the combat units moved up to the next assigned ALG, they could be utilized as S&E Fields, or deconstructed quickly and abandoned, with the land being released back to the landowners or civil authorities
in the area.
and its specially created engineering arm, the IX Engineer Command. Each aviation engineer battalion in the command (of a total of sixteen) was composed of sufficient men and equipment to quickly construct an airfield or landing ground for a single tactical fighter or bomb group unit.
ALGs were selected in two ways. First, existing enemy military or civilian airfields which were captured as the ground forces advanced were noted by engineers assigned to ground units. Second, engineers noted areas in grid locations where an airfield was desired, that had flat terrain, good land drainage, and where an airfield could be constructed quickly
Captured airfields could be restored for use as advanced landing field in one to three days depending upon the amount of drainage and the number of mines and booby trap
s encountered.
Dry-weather advanced landing fields were constructed by a single battalion at a favorable site in flat terrain in from one to three days, including time for reconnaissance. At less favorable sites, where more clearing and grading were required, or all-weather fields which also needed additional infrastructure, the time varied from three to ten days.
ALGs were equipped with an access road
was built for connection to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water and a minimal electrical grid
for communications and station lighting. Tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities. Time was the all-important factor and ALGs serve its purpose if available for only a few days. As the forward area became the rear area, an advanced landing field could be improved for medium bomber use, but initially they primarily served fighter and transport groups.
Based on the experience obtained in the North African and Italian Campaign
s, fighter groups required an airfield 120 feet x 3600 feet long, and fighter-bomber
groups required fields 120 feet x 5000 feet long. Medium bomb groups required 120 feet x 6000 feet runways.
ALGs laid in the UK were of Sommerfeld Tracking a form of stiffened steel wire mesh.
The surfacing material selected for the building of advanced landing grounds during the first weeks after the Normandy invasion
was known as square-mesh track (SMT). SMT, a British development, was material composed of heavy wire joined in three-inch squares. It was chosen over other surfacing materials because it was very lightweight, allowing sufficient quantities to be transported across the English channel
on overtasked landing craft
. Easily workable, a SMT landing mat for fighters could be laid like a carpet in about one week.
After the initial batch of airfields was completed using SMP, the Army aviation engineers switched almost exclusively to another surfacing material known as prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing (PBS or PBS). Light and easily transportable, PBS did not create the dust problem encountered with SMT fields. Made of an asphalt-impregnated jute delivered in rolls 300 feet in length and 36 inches or 43 inches in width, PBS was laid in overlapping layers to produce a dust-free fair weather surface. It was also common to build airstrips using both SMT and PBS, laying SMT on top.
To provide an all season durable airfield for the Ninth Air Force's medium and light bomber
s, a third type of surfacing material known as pierced steel plank (PSP), or Marsden Matting
was introduced on the Normandy bridgehead in July 1944. It consisted of 10 feet (3 m), 15 inches (381 mm) steel planks joined together and laid perpendicular to the line of flight
. Long used in other theaters, PSP would have been ideal for all airfields on the continent, but its limited availability
and greater weight made this impractical. Moreover, because of supply problems, construction of even a PSP fighter-bomber field could take a month or longer, while similar PBS and SMT fields could be constructed in two weeks and one week, respectively.
In addition, Sod and Earth runways were built for Emergency Landing Strips (ELS) and Refueling and Rearming Strips (R&R). Captured airfields contained a wide variety of runways, most commonly Asphalt; Concrete; Macadam or Tar-Penetrated Macadam.
Consisted of a rough, graded runway approximately 2000 feet long to provide a place for emergency belly-landings of damaged aircraft.
Usually a rough graded runway near the front line or an airfield in the rear that was used by C-47s for transport of casualties to the rear, or delivery of supplies and munitions to the front line.
Consisted of a runway and an aircraft marshalling area on each end of the runway. It was designed to provide an airfield near the front lines upon which aircraft based in rear areas could land, be refueled and rearmed, and take off again on a mission without having to return to their home field in the rear. Also could be used for dispersal or for when services other than refueling or rearming was required. These airfields could be expanded into advance landing grounds by the addition of dispersal and other station facilities. Generally if an R&R strip was built, it would be sited wherever possible with a view to further expand it later into an ALG.
An advanced landing ground could be constructed as such from the beginning or by development from an R&R Strip by the addition of dispersal facilities, expansion of the road network and other additions to the station and technical area in order for it to be used over an extended period of time.
A number of ALGs were expanded into tactical air depots by the addition of hangars, shops, more dispersal hardstands, roads, and other facilities. Some were developed from the beginning.
toward the German frontier. In late 1944, supplies could not keep pace with U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
's forces, and to help lessen the supply shortage airfields for C-47 Skytrain
cargo planes became a priority. Bringing in ammunition of all types and especially gasoline on the trip to the ALGs on the continent, the C-47s on the return trip evacuated wounded to the rear.
By 15 September 1944, IX Engineer Command had placed over eighty ALG airfields in operation, while British engineers had constructed 76 airfields in their zone. In Southern France
, another twenty or so fields had been built by American engineers from Twelfth Air Force
from the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
(MTO). In October these uncoded airfields were assigned to the ETO and given ALG code numbers.
The stabilization of the front lines in the Netherlands, Belgium, and eastern France in mid-September 1944, which would last into the new year, allowed aviation engineers a chance to reorganize and prepare for the upcoming winter season. As expected, they could not build new PHS and SMI airstrips during the fall rain and winter snow seasons because of the moist ground. Besides concrete, the American-made PSP was the only available surfacing material that could be laid down during this inclement weather in Europe.
To keep the supply lines
open, selected airfields in Belgium and France were therefore "winterized" with PSP. Because of the limited supply of PSP, however, only a limited number of airfields could be winterized, making it necessary to base two group sized units per airfield. But sufficient fighter-bomber and medium bomber airfields were completed that winter to ensure Ninth Air Force
aircraft could continue flying combat missions.
The major problem affecting airfield construction in early 1945 was not the surprise German Ardennes counteroffensive
(which caused the Abandonment on only one airfield – Y-39, Haguenau
). Rather, an early February thaw threatened to make airfields inoperable due to the mud and water. Using local civilian labor, engineers performed extensive maintenance on the threatened airfields and successfully resolved the crisis
The renewed allied offensive in early 1945, following the Battle of the Bulge
, was supported in earnest by the building of tactical airfields in occupied Germany. Trier
(Y-57), became the first operational tactical American airfield on German soil on 10 March 1945. When a crossing over the Rhine River was spearheaded at Remagen
, Germany, a supply and evacuation strip was quickly set up to support the bridgehead. As Allied tank columns struck out rapidly into the heartland of Germany, the airfield "clutches" of the Ninth Air Force's tactical air commands moved east of the Rhine river within range of virtually any target in Germany.
Scores of former Luftwaffe sod and hard surfaced airfields were captured in the lightning advance through Central Germany, virtually undamaged, lessening the requirement for SMT, PHS, and PSP prefabricated surfacing. The relative lack of German military opposition in late March, April and May 1945 lessened the need for close air support
and produced a greater demand for supply airstrips to keep the offensive moving. Every opportunity was used to clear captured German airfields for use along the armies' route, allowing C-47s and other transports to land with food, gas, and ammunition. The supply effort received top airfield priority. By V-E Day, 9 May 1945, 76 of the 126 airfields made operational east of the Rhine river were strictly supply and evacuation fields.
, as well as the airfields built by Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Force
s in the MTO, a significant number were developed into permanent, civilian airports or NATO military bases after the war.
The airfield coding system remained in effect until after the Japanese surrender
in the Pacific, when, on 14 September 1945, the system was officially discontinued. Thereafter, airfields were referenced by their geographic name.
, the breakout from Normandy, starting on 25 July 1944 until 25 August 1944. Those in Normandy were mostly decommissioned after their combat use, however others in Central France were used in various non-combat roles until the end of the war.
, the invasion of Southern France. Initially uncoded, they were given "Y" designations when they came under IX Engineering Command control in late 1944. ALGs were also coded "Y" in Northeastern France, Belgium; The Netherlands and Occupied Germany, after "A" coding reached 99 November 1944.
airfields. R coding began after Y-coding reached 99 in April 1945.
("B" airfields) Some of these were also used by USAAF Troop Carrier Groups and Command and Control organizations.
aircraft and/or as airfields in the American Zone of Germany. Some are listed above as "R" or "Y" airfields. The below listed airfields were used prior to 7 May 1945 as non-combat ALGs, or opened after the German Capitulation.
Although initially designated as "Advanced Landing Ground", the name of these airfields were changed to "Army Airfield Station" after 7 May 1945. Units and airfields were assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe
XII Tactical Air Command after 2 December 1945.
Advance airfield
Advance airfield and forward airfield are military terms for a relatively primitive airfield used for refueling and re-arming air units as part of forward operations near the enemy...
s constructed by the Allies
Allies of World War II
The Allies of World War II were the countries that opposed the Axis powers during the Second World War . Former Axis states contributing to the Allied victory are not considered Allied states...
during World War II
World War II
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in support of the invasion of Europe. They were built in the UK prior to the invasion and therefafter in North West Europe from 6 June 1944 to V-E Day
Victory in Europe Day
Victory in Europe Day commemorates 8 May 1945 , the date when the World War II Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of the armed forces of Nazi Germany and the end of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. The formal surrender of the occupying German forces in the Channel Islands was not...
, 7 May 1945.
Unlike the permanent airfields built in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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and designed for the strategic bombardment of Germany
Strategic bombing
Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating an enemy nation-state by destroying its economic ability and public will to wage war rather than destroying its land or naval forces...
, the tactical combat airfields on the continent were temporary, often improvised airfields to be used by the tactical air forces to support the advancing ground armies engaged on the battlefield. Once the front line moved out of range for the aircraft, the groups and squadrons moved up to newly built ALGs closer to the ground forces and left the ones in the rear for other support uses, or simply abandoned them.
Overview
When the Allies invaded NormandyNormandy
Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
on D-Day
D-Day
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, United States Army Air Forces
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II, and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force....
(USAAF) engineers were among those in the initial assault waves. Their mission was to rapidly construct forward operating airfields, known as Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs), on the European continent. As the Allied armies advanced across France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and into Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, several hundred airfields were built or rehabilitated for use by the allied air forces.
For security reasons, the airstrips were referred to by a coded number instead of location. In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, USAAF installations were identified by three digit (AAF) numbers ranging from AAF-101 to AAF-925. After D-Day, continental airfields in the European Theater of Operations
European Theater of Operations
The European Theater of Operations, United States Army was a United States Army formation which directed U.S. Army operations in parts of Europe from 1942 to 1945. It referred to Army Ground Forces, United States Army Air Forces, and Army Service Forces operations north of Italy and the...
(ETO) were also assigned coded numbers. American airfields were given A-, Y-, or R-, prefixes and numbered consecutively from 1 to 99. Both "A" and "Y" designated airfields could be found in France, however many "Y" fields would also be in France, as well as the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
; Belgium
Belgium
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and occupied areas of Germany. "R" coded fields were usually located in occupied Germany
Allied Control Council
The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority, known in the German language as the Alliierter Kontrollrat and also referred to as the Four Powers , was a military occupation governing body of the Allied Occupation Zones in Germany after the end of World War II in Europe...
. British airfields on the continent were also consecutively numbered, but with a B-prefix.
The numbering system for airfields was sequentially assigned as airfields were allocated, not by location or by date of operational use. A-1, Saint Pierre du Mont
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France....
, was declared operational on 13 June 1944; A-3 Cardonville
Cardonville
Cardonville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-World War II:After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in early June 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground...
on 14 June. However A-2, Cricqueville-en-Bessin
Cricqueville-en-Bessin
Cricqueville-en-Bessin is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.The municipality takes its name from its deep-water creek that forms a natural harbor, from Crycavilla.-World War II:...
, was declared operational a few days later on 19 June.
Also many of these airfields had no combat air group or squadron attached to them. They were designed for casualty evacuation
CASEVAC
Casualty evacuation, also known as CASEVAC or by the callsign Dustoff, is a military term for the emergency patient evacuation of casualties from a combat zone. Casevac can be done by both ground and air...
and supply transport and consisted of a quickly built runway manned only by a small complement of station personnel with little or no infrastructure other than tents. As the ground forces moved east, wounded would be sent to the airfield to be picked up by C-47s and taken to hospitals in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
or other rear areas. Also supplies would be airlifted to the fields and unloaded, to be quickly transported to the front line units. These were normally known as S&E Fields (Supply and Evacuation).
Once completed, airfields were usually utilized by the combat groups or squadrons within a day or so of being declared operational for military use by the IX Engineering command engineers. They would be used for perhaps a few days to a week, to several months, depending on the location, use, and operational requirements. Once the combat units moved up to the next assigned ALG, they could be utilized as S&E Fields, or deconstructed quickly and abandoned, with the land being released back to the landowners or civil authorities
Civil authority
Civil authority is that apparatus of the state other than its military units that enforces law and order. It is also used to distinguish between religious authority and secular authority...
in the area.
Construction
The mission for constructing ALGs was placed in the hands of USAAF's Ninth Air ForceNinth Air Force
The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
and its specially created engineering arm, the IX Engineer Command. Each aviation engineer battalion in the command (of a total of sixteen) was composed of sufficient men and equipment to quickly construct an airfield or landing ground for a single tactical fighter or bomb group unit.
ALGs were selected in two ways. First, existing enemy military or civilian airfields which were captured as the ground forces advanced were noted by engineers assigned to ground units. Second, engineers noted areas in grid locations where an airfield was desired, that had flat terrain, good land drainage, and where an airfield could be constructed quickly
Captured airfields could be restored for use as advanced landing field in one to three days depending upon the amount of drainage and the number of mines and booby trap
Booby trap
A booby trap is a device designed to harm or surprise a person, unknowingly triggered by the presence or actions of the victim. As the word trap implies, they often have some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it. However, in other cases the device is placed on busy roads or is...
s encountered.
Dry-weather advanced landing fields were constructed by a single battalion at a favorable site in flat terrain in from one to three days, including time for reconnaissance. At less favorable sites, where more clearing and grading were required, or all-weather fields which also needed additional infrastructure, the time varied from three to ten days.
ALGs were equipped with an access road
Frontage road
A frontage road is a non-limited access road running parallel to a higher-speed road, usually a freeway, and feeding it at appropriate points of access...
was built for connection to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water and a minimal electrical grid
Electric power transmission
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for communications and station lighting. Tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities. Time was the all-important factor and ALGs serve its purpose if available for only a few days. As the forward area became the rear area, an advanced landing field could be improved for medium bomber use, but initially they primarily served fighter and transport groups.
Based on the experience obtained in the North African and Italian Campaign
Italian Campaign (World War II)
The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. Joint Allied Forces Headquarters AFHQ was operationally responsible for all Allied land forces in the Mediterranean theatre, and it planned and commanded the...
s, fighter groups required an airfield 120 feet x 3600 feet long, and fighter-bomber
Ground attack aircraft
Ground-attack aircraft are military aircraft with primary role of attacking targets on the ground with greater precision than bombers and prepared to face stronger low-level air defense...
groups required fields 120 feet x 5000 feet long. Medium bomb groups required 120 feet x 6000 feet runways.
Runway types
Instead of using rough, unimproved dirt strips, engineers used surfacing material necessary to strengthen the soil to support the weight of the aircraft and as a measure of insurance against the wet weather. Airfields were initially single runway landing strips which were laid down east–west (09/27) unless local conditions dictated a different runway direction.- Sommerfeld TrackingSommerfeld TrackingSommerfeld Tracking, named after German expatriate engineer, Kurt Joachim Sommerfeld, then living in England, was a lightweight wire mesh type of prefabricated airfield surface. First put into use by the British in 1941, it was a wire netting stiffened laterally by steel rods...
ALGs laid in the UK were of Sommerfeld Tracking a form of stiffened steel wire mesh.
- Square-Mesh Track (SMT)
The surfacing material selected for the building of advanced landing grounds during the first weeks after the Normandy invasion
Battle of Normandy
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II. It was the largest amphibious operation in history...
was known as square-mesh track (SMT). SMT, a British development, was material composed of heavy wire joined in three-inch squares. It was chosen over other surfacing materials because it was very lightweight, allowing sufficient quantities to be transported across the English channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
on overtasked landing craft
Landing craft
Landing craft are boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during WWII...
. Easily workable, a SMT landing mat for fighters could be laid like a carpet in about one week.
- Prefabricated Hessian (SMP)
After the initial batch of airfields was completed using SMP, the Army aviation engineers switched almost exclusively to another surfacing material known as prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing (PBS or PBS). Light and easily transportable, PBS did not create the dust problem encountered with SMT fields. Made of an asphalt-impregnated jute delivered in rolls 300 feet in length and 36 inches or 43 inches in width, PBS was laid in overlapping layers to produce a dust-free fair weather surface. It was also common to build airstrips using both SMT and PBS, laying SMT on top.
- Pierced Steel Plank (PSP)
To provide an all season durable airfield for the Ninth Air Force's medium and light bomber
Light bomber
A light bomber is a relatively small and fast class of military bomber aircraft which were primarily employed before the 1950s. Such aircraft would typically not carry more than one ton of ordnance....
s, a third type of surfacing material known as pierced steel plank (PSP), or Marsden Matting
Marsden Matting
Marsden Matting is standardized, perforated steel matting material originally developed by the United States at the Waterways Experiment Station shortly before World War II, primarily for the rapid construction of temporary runways and landing strips...
was introduced on the Normandy bridgehead in July 1944. It consisted of 10 feet (3 m), 15 inches (381 mm) steel planks joined together and laid perpendicular to the line of flight
Line of flight
A line of flight is a concept developed by Gilles Deleuze and used extensively in his work with Félix Guattari. Translator Brian Massumi notes that in French, "Fuite covers not only the act of fleeing or eluding but also flowing, leaking, and disappearing into the distance...
. Long used in other theaters, PSP would have been ideal for all airfields on the continent, but its limited availability
Limited availability
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and greater weight made this impractical. Moreover, because of supply problems, construction of even a PSP fighter-bomber field could take a month or longer, while similar PBS and SMT fields could be constructed in two weeks and one week, respectively.
In addition, Sod and Earth runways were built for Emergency Landing Strips (ELS) and Refueling and Rearming Strips (R&R). Captured airfields contained a wide variety of runways, most commonly Asphalt; Concrete; Macadam or Tar-Penetrated Macadam.
Airfield types
There were five main types of airfields built by the USAAF combat engineers on the continent. These were:- Emergency Landing Strips (ELS)
Consisted of a rough, graded runway approximately 2000 feet long to provide a place for emergency belly-landings of damaged aircraft.
- Supply and Evacuation (S&E)
Usually a rough graded runway near the front line or an airfield in the rear that was used by C-47s for transport of casualties to the rear, or delivery of supplies and munitions to the front line.
- Refueling and Rearming (R&R)
Consisted of a runway and an aircraft marshalling area on each end of the runway. It was designed to provide an airfield near the front lines upon which aircraft based in rear areas could land, be refueled and rearmed, and take off again on a mission without having to return to their home field in the rear. Also could be used for dispersal or for when services other than refueling or rearming was required. These airfields could be expanded into advance landing grounds by the addition of dispersal and other station facilities. Generally if an R&R strip was built, it would be sited wherever possible with a view to further expand it later into an ALG.
- Advanced Landing Grounds (ALG)
An advanced landing ground could be constructed as such from the beginning or by development from an R&R Strip by the addition of dispersal facilities, expansion of the road network and other additions to the station and technical area in order for it to be used over an extended period of time.
- Tactical Air Depots (TAD)
A number of ALGs were expanded into tactical air depots by the addition of hangars, shops, more dispersal hardstands, roads, and other facilities. Some were developed from the beginning.
Deployment
An unforeseen development was the extraordinary demand for transport, supply, and evacuation fields as the Allied armies pushed past ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
toward the German frontier. In late 1944, supplies could not keep pace with U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
's forces, and to help lessen the supply shortage airfields for C-47 Skytrain
C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.-Design and...
cargo planes became a priority. Bringing in ammunition of all types and especially gasoline on the trip to the ALGs on the continent, the C-47s on the return trip evacuated wounded to the rear.
By 15 September 1944, IX Engineer Command had placed over eighty ALG airfields in operation, while British engineers had constructed 76 airfields in their zone. In Southern France
Southern France
Southern France , colloquially known as le Midi is defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy...
, another twenty or so fields had been built by American engineers from Twelfth Air Force
Air Forces Southern
The Twelfth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona....
from the Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
The Mediterranean Theater of Operations, United States Army was originally called North African Theater of Operations and is an American term for the conflict that took place between the Allies and Axis Powers in North Africa and Italy during World War II...
(MTO). In October these uncoded airfields were assigned to the ETO and given ALG code numbers.
The stabilization of the front lines in the Netherlands, Belgium, and eastern France in mid-September 1944, which would last into the new year, allowed aviation engineers a chance to reorganize and prepare for the upcoming winter season. As expected, they could not build new PHS and SMI airstrips during the fall rain and winter snow seasons because of the moist ground. Besides concrete, the American-made PSP was the only available surfacing material that could be laid down during this inclement weather in Europe.
To keep the supply lines
Military Supply Chain Management
Military supply chain management is a cross-functional approach to procuring, producing and delivering products and services. The broad management scope includes sub-suppliers, suppliers, internal information and funds flow.-Supply:...
open, selected airfields in Belgium and France were therefore "winterized" with PSP. Because of the limited supply of PSP, however, only a limited number of airfields could be winterized, making it necessary to base two group sized units per airfield. But sufficient fighter-bomber and medium bomber airfields were completed that winter to ensure Ninth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
The Ninth Air Force is a numbered air force of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command . It is headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina....
aircraft could continue flying combat missions.
The major problem affecting airfield construction in early 1945 was not the surprise German Ardennes counteroffensive
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...
(which caused the Abandonment on only one airfield – Y-39, Haguenau
Haguenau
-Economy:The town has a well balanced economy. Centuries of troubled history in the buffer lands between France and Germany have bequeathed to Haguenau a rich historical and cultural heritage which supports a lively tourist trade. There is also a thriving light manufacturing sector centred on the...
). Rather, an early February thaw threatened to make airfields inoperable due to the mud and water. Using local civilian labor, engineers performed extensive maintenance on the threatened airfields and successfully resolved the crisis
The renewed allied offensive in early 1945, following the Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...
, was supported in earnest by the building of tactical airfields in occupied Germany. Trier
Trier
Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....
(Y-57), became the first operational tactical American airfield on German soil on 10 March 1945. When a crossing over the Rhine River was spearheaded at Remagen
Remagen
Remagen is a town in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one hour drive from Cologne , just south of Bonn, the former West German capital. It is situated on the River Rhine. There is a ferry across the Rhine from Remagen every 10–15 minutes in the summer...
, Germany, a supply and evacuation strip was quickly set up to support the bridgehead. As Allied tank columns struck out rapidly into the heartland of Germany, the airfield "clutches" of the Ninth Air Force's tactical air commands moved east of the Rhine river within range of virtually any target in Germany.
Scores of former Luftwaffe sod and hard surfaced airfields were captured in the lightning advance through Central Germany, virtually undamaged, lessening the requirement for SMT, PHS, and PSP prefabricated surfacing. The relative lack of German military opposition in late March, April and May 1945 lessened the need for close air support
Close air support
In military tactics, close air support is defined as air action by fixed or rotary winged aircraft against hostile targets that are close to friendly forces, and which requires detailed integration of each air mission with fire and movement of these forces.The determining factor for CAS is...
and produced a greater demand for supply airstrips to keep the offensive moving. Every opportunity was used to clear captured German airfields for use along the armies' route, allowing C-47s and other transports to land with food, gas, and ammunition. The supply effort received top airfield priority. By V-E Day, 9 May 1945, 76 of the 126 airfields made operational east of the Rhine river were strictly supply and evacuation fields.
Summary
USAAF Engineers constructed or rehabilitated over 280 continental airfields in the ETO from D-Day to V-E Day. In the summer months that followed, a few new airfields were constructed, but the vast majority were abandoned and turned over to local landowners or civil governments. Throughout Western EuropeWestern Europe
Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...
, as well as the airfields built by Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Force
Fifteenth Air Force
The Fifteenth Expeditionary Mobility Task Force is one of two EMTFs assigned to the United States Air Force Air Mobility Command . It is headquartered at Travis Air Force Base, California....
s in the MTO, a significant number were developed into permanent, civilian airports or NATO military bases after the war.
The airfield coding system remained in effect until after the Japanese surrender
Surrender of Japan
The surrender of Japan in 1945 brought hostilities of World War II to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent...
in the Pacific, when, on 14 September 1945, the system was officially discontinued. Thereafter, airfields were referenced by their geographic name.
Airfields
Only active combat ALGs are shown. Dedicated S&E, Liaison, Transport, and other non-combat airfields are not listed. Runway types are listed as follows:- ASP Asphalt
- BRK Brick
- CON Concrete
- ETH Compressed Earth
- MAC Macadam
- PHS Prefabricated Hessian Surfacing
- SMT Square-Mesh Track
- SOD Sod
- PSP Pierced Steel Planking
- TAR Tar-Penetrated Macadam
Kent
- RAF BrenzettRAF BrenzettRAF Brenzett was a Royal Air Force station close to the village of Brenzett near Romney Marsh in Kent during the Second World War. It was used as an airfield in 1944 for the Mustang Wing which comprised three squadrons including two Polish squadrons in exile and operated patrols against V-1 flying...
- constructed as ALG but not used in support of invasion. - Kingsnorth - USAAF Station AAF-418
- RAF StaplehurstRAF StaplehurstRAF Staplehurst is a former World War II airfield in Kent, England. The airfield is located approximately northeast of Staplehurst; about southeast of London...
- AAF-413
"A" Fields
"A" ALGs were located in France. They were constructed and used by Ninth Air Force units during the Invasion of Normandy (6 June – Mid July 1944) and during Operation CobraOperation Cobra
Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World War II...
, the breakout from Normandy, starting on 25 July 1944 until 25 August 1944. Those in Normandy were mostly decommissioned after their combat use, however others in Central France were used in various non-combat roles until the end of the war.
A-1 to A-20
| Sites | Used | Runway | Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-1 Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.... , France 49°23′41"N 000°58′28"E |
13 June 1944 to 5 September 1944 | Runway: 5000x120, SMT, (09/27) | 366th Fighter Group, 17 June – 24 August 1944 (P-47) |
| A-2 Cricqueville-en-Bessin Cricqueville Airfield Cricqueville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Cricqueville-en-Bessin in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... (Cricqueville), France 49°22′05"N 001°00′22"W |
16 June 1944 to 15 September 1944 | Runway: 5000x120, SMT/ETH, (17/35) | 354th Fighter Group, 22 June – 13 August 1944 (P-51) 367th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Group The 367th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Seymour Johnson Field , North Carolina... , 14 August – 4 September 1944 (P-38) |
| A-3 Cardonville Cardonville Airfield Cardonville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located near the commune of Cardonville in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France 49°20′48"N 001°03′38"W |
14 June 1944 to 1 September 1944 | Runway: 5000x120, SMT (15/33) | 368th Fighter Group 368th Fighter Group The 368th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Fliegerhorst Straubing , Germany. It was deactivated on 20 August 1946.... , 20 June – 23 August 1944 (P-47) 370th Fighter Group, 24 July – 15 August 1944 (P-38) |
| A-4 Deux-Jumeaux Deux Jumeaux Airfield Deux Jumeaux Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Deux Jumeaux in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France |
30 June 1944 to 15 September 1944 | 5000x120, SMT (11/29) | 48th Fighter Group, 18 June – 29 August 1944 (P-47) |
| A-5 La Chapelle-en-Juger Chippelle Airfield Chippelle Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of La Chapelle-en-Juger in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... (Chippelle), France |
5 July 1944 to 9 July 1944 | 5000x120, SMT (06/24) | 404th Fighter Group 404th Fighter Group The 404th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with III Fighter Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 9 November 1945.... 6 July – 29 August 1944 (P-47) |
| A-6 Beuzeville-la-Bastille Beuzeville Airfield Beuzeville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Beuzeville-la-Bastille in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... (Beuzeville), France 49°21′07"N 001°22′27"W (Abandoned) |
15 June 1944 to 18 September 1944 | 5000x120, SMT (05/23) | 371st Fighter Group 371st Fighter Group The 371st Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks , New Jersey... , June – 18 September 1944 (P-47) 367th Fighter Group 367th Fighter Group The 367th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Seymour Johnson Field , North Carolina... , 22 July – 14 August 1944 (P-38) |
| A-7 Azeville Azeville Airfield Azeville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Azeville in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France 49°27′13"N 001°18′26"W |
24 June 1944 to 15 September 1944 | 3600x120, SMT (08/26) | 365th Fighter Group 365th Fighter Group The 365th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 22 September 1945.... , 28 June – 15 August 1944 (P-47) 363d Fighter Group, August–September 1944 (P-51) |
| A-8 Picauville Picauville Airfield Picauville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Picauville in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France |
26 June 1944 Closed: 15 September 1944 | 5000x120, PHS (07/25) | 405th Fighter Group 30 June – 14 September 1944 (P-47) |
| A-9 Le Molay-Littry Le Molay Airfield Le Molay Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Le Molay-Littry in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... (Le Molay), France |
30 June 1944 to 5 October 1944 | 4000x120, SMT (04/22) | 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group July–August 1944 (F-4/P-38; F-5/P-51) |
| A-10 Carentan Carentan Airfield Carentan Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Carentan in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France 49°17′00"N 001°15′39"W |
16 June 1944 to 4 November 1944 | 5000x120, PHS (08/26) | 50th Fighter Group, 25 June – 16 August 1944 (P-47) |
| A-11 Saint-Lambert Saint-Lambert Airfield Saint-Lambert Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Saint-Lambert in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France |
5 August 1944 Closed: 11 September 1944 | 5000x120, PHS (05/23) | 474th Fighter Group, 6–29 August 1944 (P-38) |
| A-12 Lignerolles Lignerolles Airfield Lignerolles Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Lignerolles in the Haute-Normandie region of northern France.... , France |
18 July 1944 to 4 November 1944 | 5000x120, PHS (07/25) | 362d Fighter Group 362d Fighter Group The 362d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Biggs Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 3 August 1946.... , 2 July – 10 August 1944 (P-47) 365th Fighter Group 365th Fighter Group The 365th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 22 September 1945.... , 15 August – 3 September 1944 (P-47) |
| A-13 Tour-en-Bessin Tour-en-Bessin Airfield Tour-en-Bessin Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, located near the commune of Tour-en-Bessin in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France. It lies to the southeast of Tour-en-Bessin.... , France 49°17′32"N 000°47′48"W |
28 July 1944 to 2 December 1944 | Runway 1: 5000x120, PSP (12/30) Runway 2: 5000x120, PSP (01/19) |
373d Fighter Group 373d Fighter Group The 373d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with First Air Force stationed at Mitchel Field , New York. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945.... , 19 July – 19 August 1944 (P-47) 406th Fighter Group, 5–17 August 1944 (P-47) 394th Bombardment Group 394th Bombardment Group The 394th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Fighter Command stationed at AAF Station Kitzingen, Germany. It was inactivated on 15 February 1946... , 25 August – 18 September 1944 (B-26) |
| A-14 Cretteville Cretteville Airfield Cretteville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Cretteville in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France 49°21′08"N 001°22′46"W |
4 July 1944 to 5 September 1944 | 5000x120, (3600 PHS/1400 ETH) (04/22) | 358th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Group The 358th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Second Air Force stationed at La Junta Army Air Field , Colorado. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945.... , 3 July – 14 August 1944 (P-47) 406th Fighter Group, 17 August – 4 September 1944 (P-47) |
| A-15 Maupertus-sur-Mer (Maupertus), France 49°39′03"N 001°28′31"W Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus Cherbourg - Maupertus Airport Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport or Aéroport de Cherbourg - Maupertus is an airport located 11 km east of Cherbourg-Octeville, between Maupertus-sur-Mer and Gonneville. These are all communes of the Manche département in the Basse-Normandie région of France... |
4 July 1944 to 22 December 1944 | Runway 1: 6000x120, PSP (11/29) Runway 2: 5000x120, PSP (17/35) |
363d Fighter Group, 9 July – August 1944 (P-38) 387th Bombardment Group, 22 August – 18 September 1944 (B-26) 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 25 July – 28 August 1944 (P-61) |
| A-16 Brucheville Brucheville Airfield Brucheville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Brucheville in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France |
2 August 1944 to 5 September 1944 | 5000x120, (3600 PHS/1400 ETH) (07/25) | 36th Fighter Group, 4 July – 25 August 1944 (P-47) |
| A-17 Méautis Meautis Airfield Meautis Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Méautis in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... , France |
17 August 1944 to 7 September 1944 | 5000x120, (3600 PHS/1400 ETH) (10/28) | 50th Fighter Group, 16 August – 4 September 1944 (P-47) |
| A-19 Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille La Vieille Airfield La Vieille Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.... (La Vieille), France |
14 August 1944 to 7 September 1944 | 5000x120, (3600 PHS/1400 ETH) (01/19) | 370th Fighter Group, 15 August – 6 September 1944 (P-38) |
| A-20 Lessay, France 49°12′08"N 001°30′29"W now Lessay Airport Lessay Airport Lessay Airport is a regional airport in France . It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:The airport was built in August 1944 as a United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force Advanced Landing Ground. It was constructed by the IX Engineering Command,... |
25 August 1944 to 28 September 1944 | Runway 1: 6000x120, PSP (06/24) Runway 2: 5000x120, PSP (12/30) |
323d Bombardment Group, 26 August – 21 September 1944 (B-26) |
A-26 to A-40
- A-26 GorgesGorges AirfieldGorges Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Gorges in the Picardie region of northern France....
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 16 August 1944 Closed: 28 September 1944
- Runway: 6000x120, PSP (07/25)
- Used by:
- 397th Bombardment Group, August – 11 September 1944 (B-26)
- A-27 Rennes/St-Jacques, France
- Located: 48°04′19"N 001°43′56"W
- Now: Rennes - Saint-Jacques AirportRennes - Saint-Jacques AirportRennes – Saint-Jacques Airport or Aéroport de Rennes - Saint-Jacques is an airport about 6 km southwest of Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, in the region of Brittany, France....
- Captured 7 August 1944 Opened: 10 August 1944 Closed: 30 November 1944
- Runway 1: 5593x260, CON (10/28)
- Runway 2: 4676x260, CON (14/32)
- Used by:
- 362d Fighter Group362d Fighter GroupThe 362d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Biggs Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 3 August 1946....
, 10 August – 19 September 1944 (P-47) - 10th Reconnaissance Group, 11 August – September 1944 (P-38/F-5; P-51/F-6)
- 362d Fighter Group
- A-28 PontorsonPontorson AirfieldPontorson Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Pontorson in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France....
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 10 August 1944 Closed: 28 September 1944
- Runway: 5000x120, (3600 PHS/1400 ETH) (08/26)
- Used by:
- 358th Fighter Group358th Fighter GroupThe 358th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Second Air Force stationed at La Junta Army Air Field , Colorado. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 14 August – 14 September 1944 (P-47)
- 358th Fighter Group
- A-29 Saint-JamesSaint James AirfieldSaint James Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Saint-James in the Brittany region of northern France....
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 14 August 1944 Closed: 28 September 1944
- Runway: 5000x120, PHS (13/31)
- Used by:
- 373d Fighter Group373d Fighter GroupThe 373d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with First Air Force stationed at Mitchel Field , New York. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 19 August – 19 September 1944 (P-47)
- 373d Fighter Group
- A-31 GaëlGael AirfieldGael Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Gaël in the Brittany region of northern France.-History:The airfield was originally built by the German Luftwaffe during 1941...
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Captured: 10 August 1944 Opened: 11 August 1944 Closed: 28 September 1944
- Runway: 4500x120, SOD/ETH (08/26)
- Used by:
- 354th Fighter Group, 13 August – 17 September 1944 (P-51)
- A-33 Vannes, France
- Located: 47°43′10"N 002°43′25"W
- Now: Meucon AirportMeucon AirportVannes-Meucon Airport is a regional airport in France . It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-German use during World War II:...
- Captured 10 August 1944 Opened: 29 August 1944 Closed: 20 June 1945
- Runway 1: 6000X200, CON/TAR (13/31)
- Runway 2: 4400x200, CON/TAR (04/22)
- Used by:
- 425th Night Fighter Squadron, 18 August – 11 September 1944 (P-61)
- A-35 Le MansLe Mans AirfieldLe Mans Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the City of Le Mans in the Pays de la Loire region of northern France.-History:...
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Captured: 12 August 1944 Opened: 3 September 1944 Closed: 20 November 1944
- Runway: 5000x120, PHS (14/32)
- Used by:
- 36th Fighter Group, 25 August – September 1944 (P-47)
- 440th Troop Carrier Group, 30 September – 2 November 1944 (C-47)
- A-36 Saint-LéonardSaint-Léonard, MarneSaint-Léonard is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.-References:*...
, France
- Located: 49°12′31"N 004°09′23"E
- Now: Reims-Prunay AirportReims-Prunay AirportReims – Prunay Aerodrome is an airfield serving the city of Reims. It is located east-southeast of Reims, near Prunay, both communes in the Marne department in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France....
- Opened: 4 September 1944 Closed: 28 September 1944
- Runway: 5000x120, (3600 PHS/1400 ETH) (00/18)
- Used by:
- 406th Fighter Group, 4–22 September 1944 (P-47)
- A-38 MontreuilMontreuil AirfieldMontreuil Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Montreuil in the Centre region of northern France....
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 4 September 1944 Closed: 5 October 1944
- Runway: 5000x120, (3600 PHS/1400 ETH) (01/19)
- Used by:
- 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, September – 4 October 1944
- A-39 Châteaudun, France
- Located: 48°03′28"N 001°22′44"E
- Now: Châteaudun Airport
- Also
Châteaudun Air BaseChâteaudun Air BaseChâteaudun Air Base is a French Air Force base. The base is located approximately southeast of Châteaudun; about southwest of Paris.The base is primarily used for aircraft storage and ferrying them to other squadrons of the Air Force. EAA 601 is assigned to perform this mission...
(BA 279)
- Also
- Captured 20 August 1944 Opened: 26 August 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945
- Runway 1: 7250x262, CON (10/28)
- Runway 2: 5600x262, CON (05/23)
- Used by:
- 10th Reconnaissance Group, November 1944 (P-38/F-5; P-51/F-6)
- 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 28 August – 16 September 1944 (P-61)
- 387th Bombardment Group, 18 September – 30 October 1944 (B-26)
- 439th Troop Carrier Group, 4 November 1944 – 7 September 1945 (C-47)
- A-40 Chartres, France
- Located: 48°27′24"N 001°31′10"E
- Now: Chartres-Champhol AirportChartres-Champhol AirportChartres – Champhol Aerodrome is an airport serving Chartres and Champhol, in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France. The airport is located east-northeast of Chartres and it is southeast of Champhol. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service...
- Captured 21 August 1944 Opened: 26 August 1944 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway: 5500x260, CON/PSP (08/26)
- Used by:
- 368th Fighter Group368th Fighter GroupThe 368th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Fliegerhorst Straubing , Germany. It was deactivated on 20 August 1946....
, 23 August – 11 September 1944 (P-47) - 323d Bombardment Group, 21 September – 13 October 1944 (B-26)
- 368th Fighter Group
A-41 to A-50
- A-41 Dreux/Vernouillet, France
- Located: 48°42′22"N 001°21′42"E
- Now: Vernouillet AirportVernouillet AirportVernouillet Airport is a regional airport in France . It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:Dreux airport was built in the 1920s as a grass airfield. In the 1930s it was upgraded to include two concrete runways, a primary 02/20 at 5500' and a secondary...
- Captured 21 August 1944 Opened: 26 August 1944 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway 1: 5500x200, CON/PSP (02/20)
- Runway 2: 4400x200, CON (12/30)
- Used by:
- 366th Fighter Group, 24 August – 8 September 1944
- 397th Bombardment Group, 11 September – 6 October 1944
- 441st Troop Carrier Group441st Troop Carrier GroupThe 441st Troop Carrier Group is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve organization. Its last assignment was to the 441st Troop Carrier Wing, stationed at Chicago-Orchard Airport, Illinois, on 14 March 1951....
, 3 November 1944 – 12 August 1945
- A-42 Vélizy-Villacoublay (Villacoublay), France
- Also known as AAF-180
- Located: 48°46′23"N 002°11′59"E
- Now: Vélizy - Villacoublay Air BaseVélizy - Villacoublay Air BaseVélizy – Villacoublay Air Base is a French Air Force base. The base is located approximately southeast of Vélizy-Villacoublay; about southwest of Paris.-Units:The base is the home station for the following units:...
(BA 107) - Captured 27 August 1944 Opened: 30 August 1944 Closed: August 1946
- Runway : 4000x200, CON/TAR (13/31)
- Used by:
- 48th Fighter Group, 29 August – 15 September 1944
- A-43 Saint-MarceauSaint Marceau AirfieldSaint Marceaul Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Saint-Marceau in the Pays de la Loire region of northern France....
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 31 August 1944 Closed: 20 November 1944
- Runway : 5000x120, PHS (08/26)
- Used by:
- 474th Fighter Group, 29 August – 6 September 1944
- 441st Troop Carrier Group441st Troop Carrier GroupThe 441st Troop Carrier Group is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve organization. Its last assignment was to the 441st Troop Carrier Wing, stationed at Chicago-Orchard Airport, Illinois, on 14 March 1951....
, 2 October – 3 November 1944
- A-44 PerayPeray AirfieldPeray Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Peray in the Pays de la Loire region of northern France....
, France
- Located: 48°14′02"N 000°21′49"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 2 September 1944 Closed: 20 November 1944
- Runway : 5000x120, PHS (10/28)
- Used by:
- 367th Fighter Group367th Fighter GroupThe 367th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Seymour Johnson Field , North Carolina...
, 4–8 September 1944 - 442d Troop Carrier Group, 5 October – 7 November 1944
- 367th Fighter Group
- A-45 LonraiLonray AirfieldLonray Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Lonrai in the Orne region of northern France....
(Lonray), France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 3 September 1944 Closed: 20 November 1944
- Runway : 5000x120, PHS (05/23)
- Used by:
- 370th Fighter Group, 6–11 September 1944
- 439th Troop Carrier Group, 28 September – 4 November 1944
- A-46 Toussus-le-Noble, France
- Also known as: AAF-384
- Located: 48°45′05"N 002°06′22"E
- Now: Toussus-le-Noble AirportToussus-le-Noble AirportToussus-le-Noble Airport is a regional airport in France . It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled. Many French governmental aircraft are hangared and maintained at the airport and it used primarily for government travel and charters, as well as private...
- Captured: 26 August 1944 Opened: 28 August 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945
- Runway : 4070x106, SMT (07/25)
- Used by:
- 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, August–September 1944
- A-47 OrlyOrly Air BaseOrly Air Base was located at Aeroport de Paris-Orly, nine miles south of Paris, France off Autoroute A6/A10m with a highway exit directly into the base....
, France
- Located: 48°43′24"N 002°22′46"E
- Now: Paris-Orly Airport
- Captured 27 August 1944 Opened: 28 August 1944 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway 1: 6137x197, CON (02/20)
- Runway 2: 5170x197, CON (08/26)
- Used by:
- 50th Fighter Group, 4–15 September 1944
- A-48 Brétigny, France
- Located: 48°35′48"N 002°19′59"E
- Now: Brétigny-sur-Orge Air BaseBrétigny-sur-Orge Air BaseBrétigny-sur-Orge Air Base is a French Air Force base. The base is located approximately southeast of Brétigny-sur-Orge; about south of Paris.-Units:...
(BA 217) - Captured 27 August 1944 Opened: 29 August 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945
- Runway 1: 5100x197, CON/PSP (04/22)
- Runway 2: 4880x197, CON/PSP (11/29)
- Used by:
- 404th Fighter Group404th Fighter GroupThe 404th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with III Fighter Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 9 November 1945....
, 29 August – 13 September 1944 - 365th Fighter Group365th Fighter GroupThe 365th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 22 September 1945....
, 3–15 September 1944 - 409th Bombardment Group409th Bombardment GroupThe 409th Air Expeditionary Operations Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Mobility Command. It may be activated or inactivated at any time....
, September 1944 – February 1945 - 435th Troop Carrier Group, 13 February – 25 June 1945
- 404th Fighter Group
- A-50 Orleans/Bricy, France
- Located: 47°59′15"N 001°45′38"E
- Now: Orléans - Bricy Air BaseOrléans - Bricy Air BaseOrléans – Bricy Air Base is a French Air Force base. The base is located approximately north-northwesst of Ingré near the city of Orléans; about south-southwest of Paris.The mission of the base is primarily tactical airlift.-Units:...
(BA 123) - Captured 22 August 1944 Opened: 24 August 1944 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway : 7788x263, CON (07/25)
- Used by:
- 394th Bombardment Group394th Bombardment GroupThe 394th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Fighter Command stationed at AAF Station Kitzingen, Germany. It was inactivated on 15 February 1946...
, 18 September – 8 October 1944 - 440th Troop Carrier Group, 2 November 1944 – 18 October 1945
- 394th Bombardment Group
A-51 to A-70
- A-55 Melun/Villaroche, France
- Located: 48°36′19"N 002°40′11"E
- Now: Melun-Villaroche AirportMelun-Villaroche AirportMelun Villaroche Aerodrome is an aerodrome located north of Melun, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.The airport is located east-southeast of Moissy-Cramayel and southeast of Paris....
- Captured: 1 September 1944 Opened: 15 September 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945
- Runway 1: 5336x200, CON (01/19)
- Runway 2: 5376x200, ASP (10/29)
- Used by:
- 416th Bombardment Group, September 1944 – February 1945 (A-20)
- 436th Troop Carrier Group, 21 February – 15 July 1945 (C-47)
- A-58 Coulommiers/Voisins, France
- Located: 48°50′16"N 003°00′10"E
- Now: Coulommiers-Voisins AirportCoulommiers-Voisins AirportCoulommiers – Voisins Aerodrome is an airport serving Coulommiers in France. It is located in the Seine-et-Marne department, west-northwest of Coulommiers. It is also west of Paris....
- Captured: 1 September 1944 Opened: 8 September 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945
- Runway 1: 6565x264, CON (09/28)
- Runway 2: 6000x264, ASP (04/22)
- Used by:
- 425th Night Fighter Squadron, 11 September – 13 October 1944 (P-61)
- 410th Bombardment Group, September 1944 – February 1945 (A-20)
- 437th Troop Carrier Group, 24 February – 28 July 1945 (C-47)
- A-59 Cormeilles-En-Vexin, France
- Located: 49°05′47"N 002°02′26"E
- Now: Pontoise - Cormeilles-en-Vexin AirportPontoise - Cormeilles-en-Vexin AirportPontoise Aerodrome or Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome is an airport located northwest of Pontoise in Boissy l'Aillerie near Cormeilles-en-Vexin, all communes of the Val-d'Oise department in the Île-de-France region in northern France...
- Captured: 6 September 1944 Opened: 15 September 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945
- Runway : 6413x165, CON (12/30)
- Used by:
- 344th Bombardment Group344th Bombardment GroupThe 344th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Fighter Command stationed at Schleissheim Palace, Germany. It was inactivated on 15 February 1946....
, 30 September 1944 – 5 April 1945 (B-26/A-26)
- 344th Bombardment Group
- A-60 Beaumont-sur-Oise, France
- Located: 49°10′02"N 002°19′13"E
- Now: Persan-Beaumont AirportPersan-Beaumont AirportPersan-Beaumont Airport is a regional airport in France, located west-northwest of Persan; north-northwest of ParisIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-World War II:...
- Captured: 3 September 1944 Opened: 26 September 1944 Closed: 17 July 1945
- Runway : 5250x164, CON (05/23)
- Used by:
- 386th Bombardment Group, 2 October 1944 – 9 April 1945 (B-26)
- 410th Bombardment Group, May–June 1945 (A-26)
- A-61 Beauvais/Tille, France
- Also known as B-42 (Royal Air ForceRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
) - Located: 49°27′16"N 002°06′46"E
- Now: Paris Beauvais Tillé Airport
- Captured: 6 September 1944 Opened: 10 September 1944 Closed: 17 August 1945
- Runway 1: 6023x164, CON (12/30)
- Runway 2: 5510x164, CON (04/22)
- Used by:
- 322d Bombardment Group, September 1944 – March 1945 (B-26)
- A-62 Reims/Champagn, France
- Located: 49°18′37"N 004°03′03"E
- Now: Reims - Champagne Air Base (BA 112)
- Opened: 3 September 1944 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway 1: 5000x100, PSP (05/23)
- Runway 2: 5000x120, SOD (06/24)
- Used by:
- 440th Troop Carrier Group, 11–30 September 1944 (C-47)
- 373d Fighter Group373d Fighter GroupThe 373d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with First Air Force stationed at Mitchel Field , New York. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 19 September – 22 October 1944 (P-47)
- A-63 Villeneuve/VertusVilleneuve-Vertus AirfieldVilleneuve-Vertus Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Vertus in the Champagne-Ardenne department of northern France....
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 5 September 1944 Closed: 23 May 1945
- Runway : 3600x150, SOD (07/25)
- Used by:
- 441st Troop Carrier Group441st Troop Carrier GroupThe 441st Troop Carrier Group is an inactive United States Air Force Reserve organization. Its last assignment was to the 441st Troop Carrier Wing, stationed at Chicago-Orchard Airport, Illinois, on 14 March 1951....
, 8 September – 2 October 1944
- 441st Troop Carrier Group
- A-64 Saint-Dizier/Robinson, France
- Located: 48°38′09.54"N 004°53′58.72"E
- Now: Saint-Dizier - Robinson Air BaseSaint-Dizier - Robinson Air BaseSaint-Dizier-Robinson Air Base is a front-line French Air Force fighter base located approximately 4 km west of Saint-Dizier in the Haute-Marne department in northeastern France.-Squadrons assigned:...
(BA 113) - Captured: 7 September 1944 Opened: 10 September 1944 Closed: 7 May 1945
- Runway 1: 5500x262, CON/PSP (12L/30R)
- Runway 2: 4678x198, CON (12R/30L)
- Used by:
- 10th Reconnaissance Group, September–November 1944 (P-38/F-5; P-51/F-6)
- 405th Fighter Group, 14 September – February 1945 (P-47)
- 367th Fighter Group367th Fighter GroupThe 367th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Seymour Johnson Field , North Carolina...
, 1 February – 14 March 1945 (P-38) - 27th Fighter Bomber Group, 22 February – 19 March 1945 (A-36) (12th AF)
- 415th Night Fighter Squadron415th Night Fighter SquadronThe 415th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 49th Fighter Wing stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico...
, 18 March – 17 April 1945 (P-61) - 417th Night Fighter Squadron, 5–24 April 1945 (P-61)
- A-65 PerthesPerthes AirfieldPerthes Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Perthes in the Champagne-Ardenne department of northern France....
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 9 September 1944 Closed: 5 October 1944
- Runway : 5000x120, SOD (10/28)
- Used by:
- 371st Fighter Group371st Fighter GroupThe 371st Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks , New Jersey...
, 18 September – 1 October 1944 (P-47)
- 371st Fighter Group
- A-66 OrconteOrconte AirfieldOrconte Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Orconte in the Marne department of northern France....
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: 15 September 1944 Closed: 1 December 1944
- Runway : 5000x120, PHS (11/29)
- Used by:
- 354th Fighter Group, 17 September – 1 December 1944 (P-47)
- A-67 Vitry-En-Artois (Vitry), France
- Located: 50°20′15"N 002°59′30"E
- Captured: 9 September 1944 Now: Vitry-En-Artois AirportVitry-En-Artois AirportVitry-En-Artois Airportt is a regional airport in France, located northeast of Vitry-en-Artois; north-northeast of Paris. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.It was an established airport built prior to World War II...
- Opened: 15 September 1944 Closed: 18 December 1945
- Runway : 5000x120, PHS (09/27)
- Used by:
- 358th Fighter Group358th Fighter GroupThe 358th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Second Air Force stationed at La Junta Army Air Field , Colorado. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 14 September – 16 October 1944 (P-47)
- 358th Fighter Group
- A-68 Juvincourt-et-Damary (Juvincourt)Juvincourt AirfieldJuvincourt Airfield is an abandoned military airfield, which is located near the commune of Juvincourt-et-Damary in the Aisne department of northern France....
, France
- Located: 49°25′53"N 003°53′07"E (Abandoned)
- Captured: 5 September 1944 Opened: 7 September 1944 Closed: 2 July 1945
- Runway 1: 5500x160, CON (09/27)
- Runway 2: 5420x160, CON (17/35)
- Used by:
- 439th Troop Carrier Group, 8–28 September 1944 (C-47)
- 404th Fighter Group404th Fighter GroupThe 404th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with III Fighter Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 9 November 1945....
, 13 September – 4 October 1944 (P-47) - 365th Fighter Group365th Fighter GroupThe 365th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 22 September 1945....
, 15 September – 4 October 1944 (P-47) - 36th Fighter Group, 1–27 October 1944 (P-47)
- 367th Fighter Group367th Fighter GroupThe 367th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Seymour Johnson Field , North Carolina...
, 28 October 1944 – 1 February 1945 (P-38) - 368th Fighter Group368th Fighter GroupThe 368th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Fliegerhorst Straubing , Germany. It was deactivated on 20 August 1946....
, 27 December 1944 – 5 January 1945 (P-47) - 410th Bombardment Group, February–May 1945 (A-20)
- A-69 Laon/Athies, France
- Located: 49°35′47"N 003°42′31"E
- Waa: Laon-Athies Air BaseLaon-Athies Air BaseLaon-Athies Air Base is an abandoned military airfield, which is located near the city of Laon in the Aisne department of France.Its history begins before World War II, when it was originally a grass civil airdrome...
(Abandoned) - Captured 7 September 1944 Opened: 10 September 1944 Closed: 23 May 1945
- Runway : 5386x163, CON (08/26)
- Used by:
- 368th Fighter Group368th Fighter GroupThe 368th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Fliegerhorst Straubing , Germany. It was deactivated on 20 August 1946....
, 11 September – 2 October 1944 ((P-47) - 323d Bombardment Group, 13 October 1944 – February 1945 (B-26)
- 416th Bombardment Group, February–May 1945 (A-20)
- 368th Fighter Group
- A-70 Laon/Couvron, France
- Located: 49°39′0"N 3°33′0"E
- Now:
Quartier Mangin sur l'ancienne base de CouvronLaon-Couvron Air BaseLaon-Couvron Air Base is a former French and United States Air Force base in France. It is located in the Aisne département of France, less than one mile southeast of the village of Couvron and 6 miles northwest of Laon; on the southwest side of the Autoroute des Anglais 1 Mile east of the...
(Armée de Terre) - Captured 7 September 1944 Opened: 9 September 1944 Closed: 23 May 1945
- Runway 1: 5450x167, CON (02/20)
- Runway 2: 5350x167, CON (10/28)
- Used by:
- 50th Fighter Group, 15–28 September 1944 (P-47)
- 409th Bombardment Group409th Bombardment GroupThe 409th Air Expeditionary Operations Group is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to Air Mobility Command. It may be activated or inactivated at any time....
, February–June 1945
A-71 to A-80
- A-71 Clastres, France
- Located: 49°45′25.61"N 003°12′43.71"E
- Now: Saint-Simon - Clastres Air BaseSaint-Simon - Clastres Air BaseSaint-Simon-Clastres Air Base is an abandoned military airfield, which is located approximately 3 km northwest of Clastres, approximately 116 km north-northeast of Paris....
(Abandoned) - Captured: 7 September Opened: 9 September 1944 Closed: Unknown
- Runway 1: 5730x164, CON (05/23)
- Runway 2: 5963x164, CON (10/29)
- Used by:
- 367th Fighter Group367th Fighter GroupThe 367th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Seymour Johnson Field , North Carolina...
, 8 September – 28 October 1944 (P-38) - 387th Bombardment Group, 30 October 1944 – 29 April 1945 (B-26)
- 367th Fighter Group
- A-72 Peronne/St Quentin, France
- Located: 49°52′11"N 003°01′43"E
- Now: Peronne-St Quentin AirportPeronne-St Quentin AirportPeronne-St Quentin Airport is a regional airport in France, located west of Saint-Quentin; north of ParisIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:...
- Captured: 5 September Opened: 6 September 1944 Closed: Unknown
- Runway 1: 5250x164, CON (04/22)
- Runway 2: 5400x164, CON (09/27)
- Used by:
- 474th Fighter Group, 6 September – 1 October 1944 (P-38)
- 397th Bombardment Group, 6 October 1944 – 25 April 1945 (B-26)
- A-73 Roye/AmyRoye-Amy AirfieldRoye-Amy Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located approximately 5 km south-southeast of Roye, approximately 98 km north-northeast of Paris....
, France
- Located: 49°39′32"N 002°49′16"E (Abandoned)
- Captured: 6 September Opened: 8 September 1944 Closed: 8 August 1945
- Runway 1: 5600x164, CON (05/23)
- Runway 2: 5965x164, CON (10/28)
- Used by:
- 370th Fighter Group, 11–26 September 1944 (P-47)
- 391st Bombardment Group391st Bombardment GroupThe 391st Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks, New York...
, 19 September 1944 – 16 April 1945 (B-26) - 349th Troop Carrier Group, April – 13 July 1945 (C-47)
- A-74 Cambrai/Niergnies, France
- Located: 50°08′08"N 003°15′53"E
- Now: Cambrai-Niergnies AirportCambrai-Niergnies AirportCambrai-Niergnies Airport is a regional airport in France, located south-southeast of Cambrai; north-northeast of ParisIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:...
- Captured: 10 September Opened: 12 September 1944 Closed: Unknown
- Runway 1: 5330x164, CON/PSP (15/33)
- Runway 2: 5068x164, CON/TAR (09/27)
- Used by:
- 48th Fighter Group, 15–30 September 1944 (P-47)
- 394th Bombardment Group394th Bombardment GroupThe 394th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Fighter Command stationed at AAF Station Kitzingen, Germany. It was inactivated on 15 February 1946...
, 6 October 1944 – 2 May 1945 (B-26)
- A-76 AthisAthis AirfieldAthis Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located approximately 1 km southeast of Athis, approximately 132 km east-northeast of Paris....
, France
- Located: 49°00′28"N 004°06′50"E (Abandoned)
- Captured: Opened: 4 September 1944 Closed: 4 October 1945
- Runway : 5600x120, SMT (09/27)
- Used by:
- 36th Fighter Group, September – 1 October 1944 (P-47)
- A-78 Florennes/Juzaine, Belgium
- Located: 50°14′37"N 4°38′55"E
- Now:
Florennes Air BaseFlorennes Air BaseFlorennes Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located in Florennes, a municipality of Belgium. It is home to the 2nd Tactical Wing, operating F-16 Fighting Falcons. It also used to be the home to the Tactical Leadership Programme , a joint training program formed by 10 NATO members... - Captured: 11 September
- Opened: 11 September 1944 Closed: Unknown
- Runway 1: 4343x164, CON (16/34)
- Runway 2: 5509x164, CON/PSP (17/35)
- Used by:
- 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 18 September 1944 – 6 April 1945 (P-61)
- 370th Fighter Group, 26 September 1944 – 27 January 1945 (P-38)
- 474th Fighter Group, 1 October 1944 – 22 March 1945 (P-38)
- 344th Bombardment Group344th Bombardment GroupThe 344th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Fighter Command stationed at Schleissheim Palace, Germany. It was inactivated on 15 February 1946....
, 5 April – 15 September 1945 (B-26)
- A-79 ProsnesProsnes AirfieldProsnes Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located approximately east-southeast of Reims; northeast of Paris.The airfield was a semi-permanent facility built by the USAAF in the Champagne region west of Monte Carnillet which was a fiercely contested region of the...
, France
- Located: 49°10′34"N 004°16′20"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 21 September 1944 Closed: 4 July 1945
- Runway : 6000x120, PSP (08/26)
- Used by:
- 362d Fighter Group362d Fighter GroupThe 362d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Biggs Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 3 August 1946....
, 19 September – 5 November 1944 (P-47) - 425th Night Fighter Squadron, 13 October – 9 November 1944 (P-61)
- 438th Troop Carrier Group, February–May 1945 (C-47)
- 362d Fighter Group
- A-80 Mourmelon-le-GrandMourmelon-le-Grand AirfieldMourmelon-le-Grand Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in France. It lies approximately 1 mile east-southeast of Mourmelon-le-Grand and 93 miles northeast of Paris....
, France
- Located: 49°06′45"N 004°22′20"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 20 September 1944 Closed: 2 July 1945
- Runway : 6000x120, PSP (08/26)
- Used by:
- 406th Fighter Group, 22 September 1944 – 2 February 1945 (P-47)
- 358th Fighter Group358th Fighter GroupThe 358th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Second Air Force stationed at La Junta Army Air Field , Colorado. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 16 October – 9 November 1944 (P-47) - 434th Troop Carrier Group, March – 24 July 1945 (C-47)
A-81 to A-98
- A-82 VerdunVerdunVerdun is a city in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital of the department is the slightly smaller city of Bar-le-Duc.- History :...
, France
- Located: 49°07′20.48"N 005°28′08.57"E
- Now: Verdun-Le-Rozelier AirportVerdun-Le-Rozelier AirportVerdun-Le-Rozelier Airport is a regional airport in France, located southeasr of Verdun , east-northeast of ParisIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-World War II:...
- Also known as: AAF-393
- Opened: 19 September 1944 Closed: 22 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 362d Fighter Group362d Fighter GroupThe 362d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Biggs Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 3 August 1946....
, 5 November 1944 – 8 April 1945 (P-47) - 425th Night Fighter Squadron, 9 November 1944 – 12 April 1945 (P-61)
- 362d Fighter Group
- A-83 Denain/Prouvy, France
- Also known as: B-74 (Royal Air ForceRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
) - Located: 50°19′33"N 003°27′38"E
- Now: Valenciennes-Denain AirportValenciennes-Denain AirportValenciennes-Denain Airport is a regional airport in France, located southeast of Valenciennes ; north-northeast of ParisIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:...
- Captured: 12 September
- Opened: 14 September 1944 Closed: 25 June 1945
- Runway: 5500x164, CON/PSP, (06/24)
- Used by:
- 323d Bombardment Group, February – 15 May 1945 (B-26)
- A-84 Chievres, Belgium (AAF-181)
- Located: 50°34′33"N 3°49′51"E
- Now: Chièvres Air BaseChièvres Air BaseChièvres Air Base is a United States Air Force airfield located in the Belgian town of Chièvres and about 12 miles from Headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe , in Casteau. It is mainly used to provide logistic support to NATO and SHAPE...
- Captured: 13 September Opened: 16 September 1944 Closed: 15 May 1945
- Runway 1: 5516x165, CON, (02/20)
- Runway 2: 5902x165, CON, (09/27)
- Used by:
- 368th Fighter Group368th Fighter GroupThe 368th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Fliegerhorst Straubing , Germany. It was deactivated on 20 August 1946....
, 2 October – 27 December 1944 (P-47) - 365th Fighter Group365th Fighter GroupThe 365th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 22 September 1945....
, 4 October – 27 December 1944 (P-47) - 352d Fighter Group352d Fighter GroupThe 352d Fighter Group was one of the most highly decorated USAAF Fighter Groups in World War II, producing many leading aces of the war. The 352d was composed of three squadrons: . Once deployed to the European Theater of Operations , the group was eventually headquartered in Bodney, England...
, 27 January – 14 April 1945 (P-51) (8th AF) - 361st Fighter Group361st Fighter GroupThe 361st Fighter Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat organization. It served primarily in the European Theatre of World War II....
, 1 February – April 1945 (P-47) (8th AF)
- 368th Fighter Group
- A-87 Charleroi, Belgium (AAF-184)
- Located: 50°27′36"N 004°27′10"E
- Now: Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Opened: 14 September 1944 Closed: 10 August 1945
- Runway: 3600x100, PSP, (06/24)
- Used by:
- 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, September 1944 – March 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- A-89 Le Culot, Belgium
- Also known as: B-68 (Royal Air ForceRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
) - Located: 50°45′20"N 004°46′04"E
- Now: Beauvechain Air BaseBeauvechain Air BaseBeauvechain Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield in Belgium, located south of Beauvechain ; east-southeast of Brussels...
- Captured: Opened: 28 October 1944 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway 1: 5793x165, TAR/PSP, (04/22)
- Runway 2: 4955x165, TAR, (12/30)
- Used by:
- 373d Fighter Group373d Fighter GroupThe 373d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with First Air Force stationed at Mitchel Field , New York. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 22 October 1944 – 11 March 1945 (P-47) - 36th Fighter Group, 27 October 1944 – 26 March 1945 (P-47)
- 322d Bombardment Group, March–June 1946 (B-26)
- 373d Fighter Group
- A-90 Toul-Croix De Metz AirfieldToul-Croix De Metz AirfieldToul-Croix De Metz Airfield is a former military airfield which is located approximately 1 mile northeast of Toul ; 160 miles east of Paris....
, France
- Located: 48°41′53.25"N 005°55′02.23"E
- Now: Non-Aviation use (Industrial Estate)
- Captured: 14 September 1944 Opened: 14 September 1944 Closed: 22 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP, (10/28)
- Used by:
- 358th Fighter Group358th Fighter GroupThe 358th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Second Air Force stationed at La Junta Army Air Field , Colorado. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 9 November 1944 – 2 April 1945 (P-47)
- 358th Fighter Group
- A-92 Sint-Truiden (Saint Trond) (B-62), Belgium
- Located: 50°47′23"N 005°11′48"E
- Now: Sint-Truiden Air BaseSint-Truiden Air BaseSint-Truiden Air Base is a Belgian Air Component base, located south of Sint-Truiden , approximately east of Brussels ....
- Captured 16 September 1944
- Opened: 18 September 1944 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway 1: 5250x165, CON (14/32)
- Runway 2: 4740x165, CON (09/27)
- Runway 3: 5070x165, CON (06/24)
- Used by:
- 48th Fighter Group, 30 September 1944 – 26 March 1945 (A-20)
- 404th Fighter Group404th Fighter GroupThe 404th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with III Fighter Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 9 November 1945....
, 4 October 1944 – 30 March 1945 (P-37) - 386th Bombardment Group, 9 April – 27 July 1945 (B-26)
- A-94 Conflans-en-Jarnisy (Conflans), France
- Located: 49°09′07"N 005°55′55"E
- Now: Doncourt-lès-Conflans AirportDoncourt-lès-Conflans AirportDoncourt-lès-Conflans Airport is a regional airport in France, located south-southwest of Homécourt ; east of ParisIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:...
- Opened: 20 November 1944 Closed: 22 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 10th Reconnaissance Group, November 1944 – March 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- 367th Fighter Group367th Fighter GroupThe 367th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Seymour Johnson Field , North Carolina...
, 14 March – 20 April 1945 (P-38)
- A-96 Toul/Ochey, France
- Located: 48°34′59.75"N 005°57′15.67"E
- Now: Nancy - Ochey Air BaseNancy - Ochey Air BaseNancy-Ochey Air Base is a front-line French Air Force ) base located approximately 11 km west-southwest of Neuves-Maisons in the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.-Units:...
(BA 133) - Opened: 9 October 1944 Closed: 11 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP, (07/25)
- Used by:
- 50th Fighter Group, 3 November 1944 – 20 April 1945 (P-47)
- 415th Night Fighter Squadron415th Night Fighter SquadronThe 415th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 49th Fighter Wing stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico...
, 30 November 1944 – 18 March 1945 (P-61) - 27th Fighter Bomber Group, 19 March – April 1945 (P-47) (12th AF)
- A-97 Sandweiler, Luxembourg
- Located: 49°37′24"N 006°12′16"E
- Now: Luxembourg - Findel Airport
- Opened: 18 September 1944 Closed: 15 August 1945
- Runway: 3400x132, SOD, (06/24)
- Used by:
- 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 4–29 October 1944 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- A-98 Rosieres En Haye, France
- Located: 48°46′48"N 005°58′48"E
- Now: Toul-Rosières Air BaseToul-Rosieres Air BaseToul-Rosières Air Base is a reserve French Air Force base. It is located in the Meurthe-et-Moselle département of France, 10 miles northeast of the city of Toul, on the west side of the Route nationale 411 Highway about one mile southeast of Rosières-en-Haye.Toul Air Base was used by American...
(BA 136) - Opened: 21 November 1944 Closed: 22 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP, (03/21)
- Used by:
- 354th Fighter Group, 1 December 1944 – 8 April 1945
"Y" Fields
"Y" ALGs were initially located in Southeastern France, built by Twelfth Air Force engineers as part of Operation DragoonOperation Dragoon
Operation Dragoon was the Allied invasion of southern France on August 15, 1944, during World War II. The invasion was initiated via a parachute drop by the 1st Airborne Task Force, followed by an amphibious assault by elements of the U.S. Seventh Army, followed a day later by a force made up...
, the invasion of Southern France. Initially uncoded, they were given "Y" designations when they came under IX Engineering Command control in late 1944. ALGs were also coded "Y" in Northeastern France, Belgium; The Netherlands and Occupied Germany, after "A" coding reached 99 November 1944.
Y-1 to Y-10
- Y-1 TantonvilleTantonville AirfieldTantonville Airfield is an abandoned World War II United States Army Air Forces military airfield in France, which was located in the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle approximately north of Mirecourt and south-southeast of Neuves-Maisons.-History:...
, France
- Located: 48°27′30.48"N 006°09′05.70"E
- Opened: 25 December 1944 Closed: 29 May 1945
- Runway: 5000/120, PSP, (02/20)
- Used by:
- 371st Fighter Group371st Fighter GroupThe 371st Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks , New Jersey...
, 20 December 1944 – 15 February 1945 (P-47) - 86th Fighter Group, 20 February – 17 April 1945 (P-47) (12th AF)
- 371st Fighter Group
- Y-2 Luneville, France
- Located: 48°35′35.79"N 006°32′36.44"E
- Now: Lunéville-Croismare AirportLunéville-Croismare AirportLunéville-Croismare Airport . is an airport in France, located approximately 3 km east-southeast of Lunéville in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department...
- Opened: January 1945 Closed: 29 May 1945
- Runway: 5000/120, PSP, (09/27)
- Used by:
- 324th Fighter Group324th Fighter GroupThe 324th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Air Support Command, stationed at Fliegerhorst Stuttgart-Echterdingen , Germany. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 4 January – 8 May 1945 (P-47) (12th AF)
- 324th Fighter Group
- Y-5 Ambérieu-en-Bugey (Ambérieu), France
- Located: 45°59′14.41"N 005°19′42.40"E
- Now: Ambérieu-en-Bugey Air BaseAmbérieu-en-Bugey Air BaseAmbérieu-en-Bugey Air Base is a front-line French Air Force base located approximately 5 km north-northwest of Ambérieu-en-Bugey in the department of Ain in eastern France.-Overview:...
(BA 278) - Opened: September 1944 Closed: 29 May 1945
- Constructed by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Runway: 6000/100, ETH, (01/19)
- Used by:
- 324th Fighter Group324th Fighter GroupThe 324th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Air Support Command, stationed at Fliegerhorst Stuttgart-Echterdingen , Germany. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 6–20 September 1944 (P-47) (12th AF)
- 324th Fighter Group
- Y-6 Lyon/Bron, France
- Located: 45°43′46"N 004°56′20"E
- Now: Lyon-Bron AirportLyon-Bron AirportLyon-Bron Airport is an airport located in Bron, east of Lyon, both communes of the Rhône department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France.-History:...
- Captured: September 1944 Opened: September 1944 Closed: 20 June 1945
- Repaired by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Runway: 6000/130, CON/PSP, (17/35)
- Used by:
- 79th Fighter Group79th Fighter GroupThe 79th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Defense Command 30th Air Division, being assigned to Youngstown Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 1 March 1960.-World War II:...
, September–November 1944 (P-47)(12th AF)
- 79th Fighter Group
- Y-7 Dôle/Tavaux, France
- Located: 47°02′20.45"N 005°25′38.10"E
- Now: Dôle-Tavaux AirportDôle-Tavaux AirportDole – Jura Airport , also known as Franche-Comté Regional Airport , is an airport serving Dole, a commune in the Jura department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. The airport is located southwest of Dole, and southeast of Tavaux...
- Captured: September 1944 Opened: September 1944 Closed: 17 July 1945
- Repaired by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Runway: 5500/272, CON/PSP, (05/23)
- Used by:
- 324th Fighter Group324th Fighter GroupThe 324th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Air Support Command, stationed at Fliegerhorst Stuttgart-Echterdingen , Germany. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 20 September 1944 – 4 January 1945 (P-47)(12th AF) - 371st Fighter Group371st Fighter GroupThe 371st Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks , New Jersey...
, 1 October – 20 December 1944 (P-47) - 320th Bombardment Group, 1 April – 18 June 1945 (B-26)
- 324th Fighter Group
- Y-9 Dijon/Longvic, France
- Located: 47°15′57"N 005°05′42"E
- Now: Dijon Air Base (BA 102)
- Captured September 1944 Opened: September 1944 Closed: 1 July 1945
- Repaired by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Runway: 6000/120, CON/PSP, (01/19)
- Used by:
- 415th Night Fighter Squadron415th Night Fighter SquadronThe 415th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 49th Fighter Wing stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico...
, 25 September – 30 November 1944 (P-61) - 320th Bombardment Group, 11 November 1944 – 1 April 1945 (B-26)
- 17th Bombardment Group, 20 November 1944 – June 1945 (B-26) (12th AF)
- 415th Night Fighter Squadron
- Y-10 Le Culot/East, Belgium
- Located: 50°46′54"N 004°57′28"E
- Now: Goetsenhoven Military AirfieldGoetsenhoven Military AirfieldGoetsenhoven Military Airfield is a Belgian Air Component base, located south of Tienen , approximately east-southeast of Brussels ....
- Captured: September 1944 Opened: September 1944 Closed: 25 June 1945
- Runway: 3600/120, PSP, (04/22)
- Used by:
- 371st Fighter Group371st Fighter GroupThe 371st Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks , New Jersey...
, 1 October – 20 December 1944
- 371st Fighter Group
Y-12 to Y-39
- Y-12 St. Raphael/Frejus, France
- Located: 43°25′02"N 006°44′08"E
- Now: Frejus AirportFrejus AirportFrejus Airport . is a former airport in France, located about 1 mile south of Saint-Raphaël ; 430 miles southeast of Paris.The airport today is closed, but appears to be well-maintained...
(Closed) - Opened: 26 August 1944 Closed: 20 November 1944
- Runway: 6000x150, SOD/ETH, (08/26)
- Constructed by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Used by:
- 79th Fighter Group79th Fighter GroupThe 79th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Defense Command 30th Air Division, being assigned to Youngstown Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 1 March 1960.-World War II:...
, 25 August – October 1944 (P-47) (12th AF)
- 79th Fighter Group
- Y-16 Salon, France
- Located: 43°36′23"N 005°06′33"E
- Now: Salon-de-Provence Air BaseSalon-de-Provence Air BaseSalon-de-Provence Air Base is a base of the French Air Force located south Salon-de-Provence in southern France.It hosts the training facilities for the officers of the air force:* École de l'Air: for young students** pilot commissioned officers...
(BA 701) - Opened: 28 August 1944 Closed: 20 November 1944
- Runway: 6000x150, SOD/ETH, (04/22)
- Repaired by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Used by:
- 27th Fighter Bomber Group, 30 April – 11 September 1944 (P-47) (12th AF)
- 47th Bombardment Group, 7–18 September 1944 (A-20) (12th AF)
- Y-17 Istres/Le Tube, France
- Also known as: AAF-196
- Located: 43°31′28"N 4°56′30"E
- Now: Istres-Le Tubé Air Base (BA 125)
- Opened: 27 August 1944 Closed: Undetermined
- Repaired by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Runway 1: 5800x197, ASP, (15/33)
- Runway 2: 6000x150, ETH, (15/33)
- Runway 3: 6000x200, ASP, (10/28)
- Used by:
- 324th Fighter Group324th Fighter GroupThe 324th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Air Support Command, stationed at Fliegerhorst Stuttgart-Echterdingen , Germany. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 2–6 September 1944 (P-47) (12th AF)
- 324th Fighter Group
- Y-18 Le VallonLa Vallon AirfieldLa Vallon Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in France, which is located approximately 6 km north-northeast of Montbrison ; about 385 km south-southeast of Paria....
, France
- Located: 45°38′57.08"N 004°04′34.56"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 30 August 1944 Closed: 20 November 1944
- Constructed by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Runway: 7800x300, SOD, (13/31)
- Used by:
- 415th Night Fighter Squadron415th Night Fighter SquadronThe 415th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 49th Fighter Wing stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico...
, 1–25 September 1944 (P-61) - 417th Night Fighter Squadron, 12 September – 5 April 1945 (Bristol Beaufighters) (12th AF)
- 415th Night Fighter Squadron
- Y-23 Valence, France
- Located: 44°55′18"N 004°58′11"E
- Now: Valence-Chabeuil AirportValence-Chabeuil AirportValence-Chabeuil Airport . is an airport in France, located about 5 miles east-southeast of Bourg-lès-Valence ; approximately 300 miles south-southeast of Paris....
- Opened: 2 September 1944 Closed: 20 November 1944
- Constructed by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Runway: 5500x150, SOD, (01/19)
- Used by:
- 79th Fighter Group79th Fighter GroupThe 79th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Defense Command 30th Air Division, being assigned to Youngstown Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 1 March 1960.-World War II:...
, September 1944 (P-47) (12th AF)
- 79th Fighter Group
- Y-25 Lyon/LoyettesLoyettes AirfieldLoyettes Airfield is an abandoned World War II United States Army Air Forces military airfield in France, which was located approximately 1 km north of Loyettes , 28 km east of Lyon. It was located at a prewar grass airdrome, which was improved by the XII Engineer Command for military...
, France
- Located: (Undetermined)
- Opened: Closed: 20 November 1944
- Constructed by MTO (12AF) Engineers
- Runway: 6000x150, SOD, (02/20)
- Used by:
- 27th Fighter Bomber Group, 11 September – October 1944 (P-47) (12th AF)
- Y-29 Asch, Belgium
- Located: 50°59′10"N 005°36′53"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 20 November 1944 Closed: 20 June 1945
- Runway: 5000x150, SOD, (06/24)
- Used by:
- 366th Fighter Group, 19 November 1944 – 11 April 1945 (P-47)
- 406th Fighter Group, 8 February – 15 April 1945 (P-47)
- 391st Bombardment Group391st Bombardment GroupThe 391st Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks, New York...
, 16 April – 27 May 1945 (B-26)
- Y-32 OphovenOphoven AirfieldOphoven Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located west of Ophoven ; approximately 54 miles northeast of Brussels.-History:...
, Belgium
- Located: 51°08′08"N 005°47′00"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 10 December 1944 Closed: 29 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x150, PSP, (12/30)
- Used by:
- 370th Fighter Group, 27 January – 20 April 1945 (P-47)
- 405th Fighter Group, February – 30 April 1945 (P-47)
- Y-34 Metz, France
- Located: 49°04′18"N 006°07′57"E
- Now: Metz-Frescaty Air BaseMetz-Frescaty Air BaseMetz-Frescaty Air Base is a front-line French Air Force base. The base is located approximately south-southwest of Metz ; about east of Paris....
(BA 128) - Opened: 25 December 1944 Closed: 29 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP, (02/20)
- Used by:
- 365th Fighter Group365th Fighter GroupThe 365th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 22 September 1945....
, 27 December 1944 – 30 January 1945 (P-47) - 368th Fighter Group368th Fighter GroupThe 368th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Fliegerhorst Straubing , Germany. It was deactivated on 20 August 1946....
, 5 January – 15 April 1945 (P-47) - 406th Fighter Group, 2–8 February 1945 (P-47)
- 371st Fighter Group371st Fighter GroupThe 371st Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks , New Jersey...
, 15 February – 7 April 1945 (P-47)
- 365th Fighter Group
- Y-39 Haguenau, France
- Located: 48°47′41"N 007°48′55"E
- Now: Haguenau AirportHaguenau AirportHaguenau Airport is an airport in France, located about 2 miles southeast of Haguenau ; 15 miles north of Strasburg and 250 miles east of Paris....
- Opened: 20 December 1944 Closed: 17 July 1945
- Runway 1: 3400x160, CON, (07/25)
- Runway 2: 3200x180, CON, (03/21)
- Used by:
- 69th Reconnaissance Group69th Reconnaissance GroupThe 69th Reconnaissance Group is an active United States Air Force unit. Its a unit which is part of Air Combat Command stationed at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota...
, 2 April – 30 June 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- 69th Reconnaissance Group
Y-44 to Y-64
- Y-44 Maastricht, Netherlands
- Located: 50°54′57"N 005°46′37"E
- Now: Maastricht Aachen AirportMaastricht Aachen AirportMaastricht Aachen Airport is a regional airport located northeast of the city of Maastricht, in the town of Beek, both municipalities in the Limburg province in the Netherlands. The airport is also northwest of the city of Aachen, Germany....
- Opened: 23 March 1945 Closed: 1 August 1945
- Runway: 5565x120, PSP, (04/22)
- Used by:
- 387th Bombardment Group, 29 April – 24 May 1945 (B-26)
- Y-46 AachenAachenAachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...
, Germany
- Located: 50°49′23.75"N 006°11′11.01"E
- Now: Merzbruck AirportMerzbruck AirportMerzbrück Airport is an airfield located in Aachen, Germany. It is also known as Aachen-Merzbrück Airport .The airport primarily supports general aviation, and also has a very large sailplane facility....
- Opened: 14 March 1945 Closed: 11 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP, (05/23)
- Used by:
- 365th Fighter Group365th Fighter GroupThe 365th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 22 September 1945....
, 16 March – 13 April 1945 (P-47) - 36th Fighter Group, 26 March – 8 April 1945 (P-47)
- 365th Fighter Group
- Y-51 VogelsangVogelsang AirfieldVogelsang Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located approximately 3 miles northwest of Schleiden ; approximately 330 miles southwest of Berlin....
, Germany
- Located: 50°33′49"N 006°26′00"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 23 March 1945 Closed: 10 July 1945
- Runway: 3600x120, PSP/PAP, (15/33)
- Used by:
- 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, March – 2 April 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- Y-54 KelzKelz AirfieldKelz Airfield is a former World War II military airfield in Germany. It was located about 2 miles north of Vettweiß ; approximately 315 miles southwest of Berlin....
, Germany
- Located: 50°46′03"N 006°35′48"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 24 March 1945 Closed: 11 July 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP, (09/27)
- Used by:
- 48th Fighter Group, 26 March – 17 April 1945 (P-47)
- 404th Fighter Group404th Fighter GroupThe 404th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with III Fighter Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 9 November 1945....
, 30 March – 12 April 1945 (P-47)
- Y-55 Venlo, Netherlands
- Located: 51°12′00"N 6°7′46"E
- Now:
RAF BruggenRAF BruggenThe former Royal Air Force Station Brüggen, more commonly known as RAF Brüggen, in Germany was a major station of the Royal Air Force until 15 June 2001. It was situated next to the village of Elmpt, approximately west of Düsseldorf near the German-Netherlands border. The base was named after...
(Germany) - Opened: 12 March 1945 Closed: 14 August 1945
- Runway 1: 4200x300, BRK, (08/26)
- Runway 2: 5500x300, PSP/BRK, (12/30)
- Used by:
- 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, March – 15 April 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- 373d Fighter Group373d Fighter GroupThe 373d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with First Air Force stationed at Mitchel Field , New York. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 11 March – 20 April 1945 (P-47) - 397th Bombardment Group, 25 April – 24 May 1945 (B-26)
- 394th Bombardment Group394th Bombardment GroupThe 394th Bombardment Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Fighter Command stationed at AAF Station Kitzingen, Germany. It was inactivated on 15 February 1946...
, 2 May – September 1945 (B-26)
- Y-57 Trier, Germany
- Located: 49°51′50"N 006°47′15"E
- Now: Trier-Föhren AirportTrier-Föhren AirportTrier-Föhren Airport is an airport serving Trier, a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It located in Föhren, northeast of Trier and approximately southwest of Berlin. The airport supports general aviation, with no commercial airline service available...
- Opened: 10 March 1945 Closed: 10 July 1945
- Runway: 3625x120, CON/PSP, (06/24)
- Used by:
- 10th Reconnaissance Group, March – 4 April 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- Y-59 StrassfeldStrassfeld AirfieldStrassfeld Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located in Germany, about 5 miles east-northeast of Euskirchen ; approximately 310 miles southwest of Berlin.-History:...
, Germany
- Located: 50°41′43"N 006°53′21"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 29 March 1945 Closed: 17 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP/CON, (07/25)
- Used by:
- 474th Fighter Group, 22 March – 22 April 1945 (P-38)
- 414th Night Fighter Squadron (DET), 3–23 April 1945 (P-61) (12th AF)
- 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 6–24 April 1945 (P-61)
- Y-62 Mendig (Niedermendig), Germany
- Located: 50°21′55"N 007°18′45"E
- Now:
Mendig Air BaseMendig Air BaseMendig Air Base is a former military airfield located southeast of the city of Mendig, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany....
- Opened: 17 March 1945 Closed: 11 May 1945
- Runway: 5000x120, PSP/CON, (07/25)
- Used by:
- 36th Fighter Group, 26 March – 8 April 1945 (P-47)
- Y-64 Ober-Olm, Germany
- Located: 49°58′08"N 008°08′47"E
- Now: Mainz Finthen AirportMainz Finthen AirportMainz Finthen Airport . is an airport in Germany, located about 3 miles southwest of Mainz ; approximately 280 miles southwest of Berlin....
- Opened: 27 March 1945 Closed: 20 June 1945
- Runway 1: 4000x120, SOD, (07/25)
- Runway 2: 5000x120, SMT, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 10th Reconnaissance Group, March – 4 April 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- 354th Fighter Group, 8–30 April 1945 (P-47)
Y-72 to Y-99
- Y-72 Braunshardt AirfieldBraunshardt AirfieldBraunshardt Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany about 1 mile east-southeast of Groß-Gerau into Worfelden district; approximately 275 miles southwest of Berlin.-History:...
, Germany
- Located: 49°54′56"N 08°30′25"E
- Captured: March 1945; Opened: 27 March 1945
- Runway: 5571/150, Soil, Cement & PSP, (07/25)
- Used by:
- 415th Night Fighter Squadron415th Night Fighter SquadronThe 415th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with 49th Fighter Wing stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico...
, 17 April – 2 October 1945 (P-61) - 86th Fighter Group, 17 April – 26 September 1945 (P-47) (12th AF)
- 415th Night Fighter Squadron
- Closed: 30 October 1945, Now: agricultural use
- Y-73 Frankfurt/Rhine-Main, Germany
- Located: 50°01′48.7"N 08°35′16.97"E
- Captured: 30 March 1945 Opened: 10 April 1945
- Runway: 6000/120, CON, (07/25)
- Used by:
- 362d Fighter Group362d Fighter GroupThe 362d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Biggs Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 3 August 1946....
, 8–30 April 1945 (P-47) - 425th Night Fighter Squadron, 12 April – 2 May 1945 (P-61)
- 368th Fighter Group368th Fighter GroupThe 368th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Fliegerhorst Straubing , Germany. It was deactivated on 20 August 1946....
, 15 April – 13 May 1945 (P-47)
- 362d Fighter Group
- Redesignated: AAF Station Rhine-Main 9 May 1945; Rhein-Main AFB, 26 September 1947; Rhein-Main AB, 17 November 1955
- Closed 10 October 2005
- Now: Frankfurt AirportFrankfurt AirportFrankfurt Airport may refer to:Airports of Frankfurt, Germany:*Frankfurt Airport , the largest airport in Germany*Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport, a general aviation airport*Frankfurt-Hahn Airport , a converted U.S...
- Y-74 Frankfurt/EschbornEschborn AirfieldEschborn Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Germany located approximately 10km northwest of Frankfurt am Main and 435km southwest of Berlin....
, Germany
- Located: 50°08′00"N 008°33′27"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 31 March 1945 Closed: July 1945
- Runway: 5200/120, PSP, (12/30)
- Used by:
- 371st Fighter Group371st Fighter GroupThe 371st Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks , New Jersey...
, 7 April – 5 May 1945 (P-47) - 367th Fighter Group367th Fighter GroupThe 367th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Seymour Johnson Field , North Carolina...
, 20 April – July 1945 (P-47)
- 371st Fighter Group
- Y-78 BiblisBiblis AirfieldBiblis Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located in Germany, approximately 5 miles northeast of Worms ; approximately 300 miles southwest of Berlin....
, Germany
- Located: 49°41′15"N 008°27′07"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 2 April 1945 Closed: July 1945
- Runway: 5000/120, SOD/SMT, (11/29)
- Used by:
- 27th Fighter Bomber Group, April – 24 June 1945 (A-36) (12th AF)
- Y-79 Mannheim/Sandhofen, Germany
- Located: 49°33′47"N 008°27′46"E
- Now:
Coleman Army AirfieldColeman Army AirfieldColeman Barracks/Coleman Army Airfield is a United States Army military installation located in the Sandhofen district of Mannheim, Germany. It is assigned to U.S. Army, Europe and administered by the U.S. Army Installation Management Command-Europe...
- Opened: 4 April 1945
- Runway 1: 5200/120, PSP, (05/23)
- Runway 2: 5200/120, SMT, (05/23)
- Used by:
- 358th Fighter Group358th Fighter GroupThe 358th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Second Air Force stationed at La Junta Army Air Field , Colorado. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 2 April – 23 June 1945 (P-47)
- 358th Fighter Group
- Y-83 LimburgLimburg AirfieldLimburg Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located in Germany approximately 2 miles north-northwest of Limburg an der Lahn ; approximately 275 miles southwest of Berlin....
(Limburg an der Lahn), Germany
- Located: 50°24′50"N 008°04′16"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 3 April 1945 Closed: June 1945
- Runway: 3600/120, SOD, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 2–10 April 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- Y-86 Fritzlar, Germany
- Located: 51°07′00"N 009°17′14"E
- Now: Fritzlar Air BaseFritzlar Air BaseFritzlar Air Base is a military air field of the German Army Aviation Corps. It is located near the town of Fritzlar in northern Hesse, Germany...
- Opened: 31 March 1945
- Runway: 5000/120, PSP, (12/30)
- Used by:
- 404th Fighter Group404th Fighter GroupThe 404th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with III Fighter Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 9 November 1945....
, 12 April – 23 June 1945 (P-47) - 365th Fighter Group365th Fighter GroupThe 365th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. It was inactivated on 22 September 1945....
, 13 April – 29 July 1945 (P-47)
- 404th Fighter Group
- Redesignated AAF Station Fritzlar, 9 May 1945
- Turned over to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, 14 September 1947
- Y-90 Giebelstadt, Germany
- Located: 49°38′52"N 009°57′54"E
- Now: Giebelstadt Army AirfieldGiebelstadt Army AirfieldGiebelstadt Army Airfield is a closed military airfield located in Germany southwest of Giebelstadt ; approximately 250 miles southwest of Berlin. It was turned over to the German government on 23 June 2006 and is now a general aviation airport....
- Captured: 3 April 1945 Opened: 5 April 1945
- Runway: 6000/120, CON, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 50th Fighter Group, 20 April – 21 May 1945 (P-47)
- 417th Night Fighter Squadron, 24 April – 21 May 1945 (P-61)
- Redesignated: AAF Station Giebelstadt 9 May 1945; Giebelstadt AB, 26 September 1947
- Transferred to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
Control, 1 August 1968 - Closed 23 June 2006
- Y-94 Munster/HandorfMünster-Handorf AirfieldMünster-Handorf Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany about 5 miles east-northeast of Münster ; approximately 250 miles west of Berlin....
, Germany
- Located: 51°59′18"N 007°43′55"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 12 April 1945 Closed: June 1945
- Runway: 5019/120, TAR, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 366th Fighter Group, 11 April – 25 June 1945 (P-47)
- 406th Fighter Group, 15 April – 5 June 1945 (P-47)
- Y-98 LippstadtLippstadt AirfieldLippstadt Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany, located in the southeast part of Lippstadt ; approximately 222 miles west-southwest of Berlin....
, Germany
- Located: 51°39′20"N 008°21′21"E
- Captured: 7 April 1945 Closed: 12 July 1945
- Runway: 4750/120, SMT/PSP, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 373d Fighter Group373d Fighter GroupThe 373d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with First Air Force stationed at Mitchel Field , New York. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 20 April – 20 May 1945 (P-47)
- 373d Fighter Group
- Y-99 Gütersloh, Germany
- Located: 51°55′22.20"N 008°18′22.80"E
- Now:
Princess Royal BarracksRAF GüterslohThe former Royal Air Force Station Gütersloh, more commonly known as RAF Gütersloh, was a Royal Air Force Germany military airbase, the nearest Royal Air Force airbase to the East/West German border, in the vicinity of the town of Gütersloh. It was constructed by the Germans prior to World War II...
(British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
) - Captured: 4 April 1945 Opened: 6 April 1945 Closed: 22 June 1945
- Runway: 4040/120, SMT, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 15–22 April 1945 (P-38/F-4; P-51/F-5)
- 370th Fighter Group, 20 April – 27 June 1945 (P-38)
"R" Fields
"R" ALGs were located in Occupied Germany. Many more were constructed than are listed here, consisting primarily of Supply and Evacuation airfields either laid down quickly in agricultural areas or on captured LuftwaffeLuftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
airfields. R coding began after Y-coding reached 99 in April 1945.
- R-2 Langensalza, Germany
- Located: 51°07′46"N 010°37′18"E
- Now: Bad Langensalza AirportBad Langensalza AirportBad Langensalza Airport is a general aviation airport located in Germany, about 4 km north-northwest of Bad Langensalza ; approximately 240 kilometers southwest of Berlin....
- Caputured 8 April 1945 : Opened: 8 April 1945 Closed: 5 July 1945
- Runway: 4921/120, SOD/TAR, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 474th Fighter Group, 22 April – 16 June 1945 (P-38)
- 422d Night Fighter Squadron, 24 April – 25 May 1945 (P-61)
- R-6 Kitzingen, Germany
- Located: 49°44′34"N 010°12′09"E
- Was: Kitzingen Army AirfieldKitzingen Army AirfieldHarvey Barracks/Kitzingen Army Airfield is a former United States Army 1st Infantry Division facility in Germany, located about 2 miles east-northeast of Kitzingen , about 240 miles southwest of Berlin....
(Harvey Barracks) (Closed) - Now: Kitzingen AirportKitzingen AirportKitzingen Airport is a general aviation airport located in Germany, about 2 miles southwest of Kitzingen ; approximately 230 miles southwest of Berlin....
- Captured: 11 April 1945 Opened: 15 April 1945
- Runway: 5500/120, ASP/CON, (04/22)
- Used by:
- 405th Fighter Group, 30 April – 8 May 1945
- R-10 Illesheim, Germany
- Located: 49°28′24"N 010°23′11"E
- Now: Storck BarracksStorck BarracksStorck Barracks/Illesheim Kaserne is a United States Army facility in Germany, located about 15 miles northwest of Ansbach , about 240 miles south-southwest of Berlin....
United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services... - Captured 16 April 1945 Opened: 17 April 1945
- Runway: 4500/120, PAP, (06/24)
- Used by:
- 48th Fighter Group, 29 April – 5 July 1945
- 362d Fighter Group362d Fighter GroupThe 362d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Biggs Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 3 August 1946....
, 3–12 May 1945
- R-11 EschwegeEschwege AirfieldEschwege Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany in the northwest part of Eschwege ; approximately 170 miles southwest of Berlin....
, Germany
- Located: 51°11′55"N 010°01′27"E (Abandoned)
- Captured 6 April 1945 Opened: 7 April 1945 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway: 3500/120, SOD, (12/30)
- Used by:
- 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 10 April – July 1945
- R-12 Kassel/Rothwesten, Germany
- Located: 51°23′25"N 009°32′03"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 7 April 1945 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway: 5000/120, PSP, (13/31)
- Used by:
- 48th Fighter Group, 17–29 April 1945
- 36th Fighter Group, 21 April – 15 November 1945
- R-28 FurthFürth AirfieldFürth Airfield is a former military airfield located in Germany about 2 miles north-northeast of Fürth ; approximately 200 miles south-southwest of Berlin.The airffield was used during World War II by the German Luftwaffe as a combat airfield...
, Germany
- Located: 49°29′49"N 010°57′26"E (Abandoned)
- Opened: 19 April 1945 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway: 4500/120, PSP, (09/27)
- Used by:
- 10th Reconnaissance Group,
- 362d Fighter Group362d Fighter GroupThe 362d Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Tactical Air Command, stationed at Biggs Field, Texas. It was inactivated on 3 August 1946....
, 30 April – 3 May 1945
- R-37 Brunswick/Waggum, Germany
- Located: 52°19′09"N 10°33′19"E
- Now: Braunschweig AirportBraunschweig Airport-See also:* Advanced Landing Ground-External links:*...
- Captured: 20 April 1945 Opened: 22 April 1945 Closed: Undetermined
- Runway: 3600/120, SOD, (08/26)
- Used by:
- 363d Tactical Reconnaissance Group, 22 April – May 1945
- R-45 Ansbach, Germany
- Located: 49°18′33"N 010°38′18"E
- Now: Katterbach KaserneKatterbach KaserneKatterbach Kaserne is a United States Army facility in Germany, located in the village of Katterbach, about 3 miles east-northeast of Ansbach ; about 250 miles south-southwest of Berlin....
United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services... - Captured: 23 April 1945 Opened: 29 April 1945
- Runway: 4000/120, PAP, (07/25)
- Used by:
- 354th Fighter Group, 30 April – 18 May 1945
RAF ALGs
Advanced Landing Ground airfields built by American or British combat engineers for the Royal Air ForceRoyal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
("B" airfields) Some of these were also used by USAAF Troop Carrier Groups and Command and Control organizations.
- B.1 Asnelles-sur-Mer, Carpiquet
- B.2 BazenvilleBazenvilleBazenville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-Population:...
- B.3 St. Croix-sur-Mer, Banville
- B.4 Beny-sur-MerBény-sur-MerBény-sur-Mer is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-World War II:Bény-sur-Mer was liberated on D-Day by Le Régiment de la Chaudière, the only French-speaking unit to take part in Operation Overlord. There was a gun battery located near the...
, Douvres - B.5 Le FresneLe Fresne-Camilly-References:*...
, Camilly - B.6 CoulombsCoulombsCoulomb or Coulombs may refer to:* Charles-Augustin de Coulomb , French physicist, also:** Coulomb, a unit of electric charge** Coulomb's law, in electrostatics** Coulomb blockade, an increased resistance of certain electronic devices...
, St.Croix-Grand-Tonne - B.7 [Rucqueville]], Martragny
- B.8 Sommervieu
- B.9 Lantheuil
- B.10 Plumetot
- B.11 Longues-su-Mer
- B.12 EllonEllonEllon may refer to:*Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland*Ellon, Calvados, France...
- B.13 not used
- B.14 AmblieAmblieAmblie is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-Population:...
- B.15 RyesRyesRyes is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-Population:...
- B.16 Villons-les-BuissonsVillons-les-Buissons-References:*...
- B.17 CarpiquetCarpiquetCarpiquet is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France. Caen – Carpiquet Airport is located in Carpiquet.-Geography:Carpiquet is on the western side of the Caen metropolitan area...
, Caen - B.18 CristotCristotCristot is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France.-Population:...
- B.19 Linres
- B.20 DemouvilleDémouville-References:*...
- B.21 Sainte-HonorineSainte-HonorineSainte-Honorine is part of the name of several communes in France:* Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in the Yvelines département* Sainte-Honorine-de-Ducy, in the Calvados département...
, Caumont - B.22 AuthieAuthieAuthie is the name of several places in France:*Authie, Calvados, commune of the Calvados département*Authie, Somme, commune of the Somme département*Authie , a river in northern France...
- B.24 St-André de l'Euree, France (now St-André de l'Eure Airport) 48°53′43"N 001°15′05"E
- RAF: No 184 Squadron RAF
- USAAF: 442d Troop Carrier Group, November 1944 – September 1945
- B.44 Poix, France 48°57′52"N 004°36′57"E
- RAF ALG, Used by USAAF 314th Troop Carrier Group, February–October 1945
- B.48 Amiens, France (now Amiens-Glisy AirportAmiens-Glisy AirportAmiens – Glisy Aerodrome is an airport serving Amiens, the capital city of the Somme department in the Picardy region of France...
) 49°52′20"N 002°23′20"E
- RAF ALG, Used by following USAAF units:
- 315th Troop Carrier Group, 6 April – May 1945
- 438th Troop Carrier Group, May – 3 August 1945
- HQ, 52d Troop Carrier Wing52d Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)The 52d Troop Carrier Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the New York Air National Guard. It was inactivated on 31 October 1950....
, 5 March – 20 June 1945
- B.54 Achiet, France 50°06′19"N 002°47′04"E
- RAF ALG, Used by USAAF 313th Troop Carrier Group313th Troop Carrier GroupThe 313th Tactical Airlift Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 322d Airlift Division at RAF Mildenhall, England. It was inactivated on 1 February 1992....
, 28 February – 4 August 1945
- B.87 Rosieres-en-Santerre, France 49°48′53"N 002°42′11"E
- RAF ALG, Assigned to USAAF 387th Bombardment Group, 24 May – November 1945
- B.92 Abbeville/Drucat, France 50°08′30"N 001°49′51"E
- RAF ALG, Used by USAAF 61st Troop Carrier Group, 13 March – 19 May 1945
- Y-42 Nancy/Essey, France (now Nancy-Essey AirportNancy-Essey AirportNancy-Essey Airport is a regional airport in France, located about 3km east of Nancy ; about 320km east of Paris...
) 48°41′27"N 006°13′49"E
- Headquarters: 71st Fighter Wing, 16 July – 25 September 1945
- Y-47 Namur, Belgium (now Namur-Suarlee AirportNamur-Suarlee AirportNamur-Suarlée Airport is a regional airport in Belgium, located about 5 miles north of Namur ; about 35 miles southeast of BrusselsIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:...
) 50°29′22"N 004°46′11"E
- Headquarters:
- 9th Bombardment Division, April – 20 November 1945
- 99th Bombardment Wing99th Bombardment Wing (World War II)The 97th Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Force Reserve, based at Bedford Field, Massachusetts...
, 1 July – August 1945 - 98th Bombardment Wing98th Bombardment Wing (World War II)The 98th Bombardment Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Force Reserve, based at Bedford Field, Massachusetts...
, October–November 1945 - 112th Liaison Squadron, 26 October 1944 – 11 February 1945
- Y-56 Munchen-Gladbach, Germany 51°13′49"N 006°30′15"E
- Headquarters:
- 84th Fighter Wing84th Fighter Wing (World War II)The 84th Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the IX Tactical Air Command, based at Brunswick, Germany...
, 8 March – 3 April 1945 - 303d Fighter Wing303d Fighter Wing (World War II)The 303d Fighter Wing was a United States Army Air Forces unit of World War II. It performed air support operations in Europe using Republic P-47 Thunderbolts until V-E Day and then occupation duty in Germany....
, 8 March – 3 April 1945
- 84th Fighter Wing
- Closed: 30 September 1945, turned over to Royal Air ForceRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
as part of British Zone of Occupation. - Now: Düsseldorf-Mönchengladbach AirportDüsseldorf-Mönchengladbach AirportDüsseldorf-Mönchengladbach Airport is an airport located northeast of Mönchengladbach and west of Düsseldorf.-History:...
- R-7 Weimar, Germany 50°58′35"N 011°14′48"E
- Headquarters:
- IX Fighter CommandIX Fighter CommandThe IX Fighter Command is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Erlangen, Germany. It was inactivated on 16 November 1945....
, April–July 1945 - IX Tactical Air CommandIX Tactical Air CommandThe IX Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Camp Shanks, New York...
, 26 April – 26 June 1945 - 125th Liaison Squadron, 9 March – 4 April 1945
- Closed 30 June 1945, turned over to Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
as part of Soviet Zone of Occupation.
- IX Fighter Command
- R-38 Brunswick/Broitzem, Germany 52°14′06"N 010°28′35"E
- Headquarters: 84th Fighter Wing84th Fighter Wing (World War II)The 84th Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the IX Tactical Air Command, based at Brunswick, Germany...
, 22 April – 12 August 1945 - 153d Liaison Squadron, 20 May – 4 June 1945
- Closed: 31 August 1945, turned over to Royal Air ForceRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
as part of British Zone of Occupation.
- R-96 Erlangen, Germany 49°33′22"N 011°02′50"E
- Headquarters:
- XII Tactical Air CommandXII Tactical Air CommandThe XII Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe, based at Bad Kissingen, Germany...
, July – 1 November 1945 - IX Fighter CommandIX Fighter CommandThe IX Fighter Command is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Ninth Air Force, based at Erlangen, Germany. It was inactivated on 16 November 1945....
, September–November 1945 - 40th Bombardment Wing40th Air DivisionThe 40th Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Fifteenth Air Force, stationed at Malmstrom AFB, Montana...
, 15 November 1945 – 25 December 1946 - 14th Liaison Squadron, 22 April – 4 May 1945
- XII Tactical Air Command
- Turned over to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, 15 October 1947
Army of Occupation ALGs
The Army of Occupation in Germany and Austria (May 9, 1945 to May 5, 1955) used several wartime non-combat ALGs as occupation garrisons for the destruction of former LuftwaffeLuftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
aircraft and/or as airfields in the American Zone of Germany. Some are listed above as "R" or "Y" airfields. The below listed airfields were used prior to 7 May 1945 as non-combat ALGs, or opened after the German Capitulation.
Although initially designated as "Advanced Landing Ground", the name of these airfields were changed to "Army Airfield Station" after 7 May 1945. Units and airfields were assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe
United States Air Forces in Europe
The United States Air Forces in Europe is the United States Air Force component of U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command, and is one of two Air Force Major Commands outside of the continental United States, the other being the Pacific Air Forces...
XII Tactical Air Command after 2 December 1945.
- AAF Station Darmstadt/Griesheim
- Located: 49°51′15"N 008°35′18"E
- Captured 31 March 1945, Wartime use: Liaison Field (Y-76)
- 72d Liaison Squadron, 1–15 April; June–July 1945
- 167th Liaison Squadron, 10 June – 2 July 1945
- 63d Fighter Wing63d Fighter Wing (World War II)The 63d Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Texas Air National Guard, based at Ellington Field, Texas...
, 17 July – 1 December 1945 - 64th Fighter Wing, 7 July – 1 December 1945
- 71st Fighter Wing71st Fighter Wing (World War II)The 71st Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Missouri Air National Guard. It was inactivated on 31 October 1950.-Lineage:* Organized as 71st Fighter Wing on 11 Ocg 1943-Assignments:...
, 25 September – November 1945 - 155th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 28 September – 24 November 1945
- 160th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, 22 September – 24 November 1945
- Transferred to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, December 1945 (Darmstadt Army Airfield) - Now: Griesheim AirportGriesheim AirportGriesheim Airport is a private airfield in Germany, located southwest of Griesheim ; approximately southwest of Berlin.Formerly a NATO military airfield, it was closed in 1992...
- AAF Station Wiesbaden
- Located: 50°02′57"N 008°19′27"E
- Captured 3 April 1945, Wartime use: Liaison Field (Y-80)
- 47th Liaison Squadron, 2 May 1945 – 24 June 1946
- United States Air Forces in EuropeUnited States Air Forces in EuropeThe United States Air Forces in Europe is the United States Air Force component of U.S. European Command, a Department of Defense unified command, and is one of two Air Force Major Commands outside of the continental United States, the other being the Pacific Air Forces...
, 26 September 1945 – 15 August 1953 - Twelfth Air Force, 1 January 1951 – 27 April 1953
- 51st Troop Carrier Wing51st Troop Carrier Wing (World War II)The 51st Troop Carrier Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe. It was inactivated on 5 January 1948....
, September 1945 – 5 January 1948 - 2d Air Division, 1–10 June 1949
- 3d Air Division, 25 October 1953 – 1 March 1954
- 322d Troop Carrier Wing, 1–22 March 1954
- 363d Reconnaissance Group, May–August 1945
- 60th Troop Carrier Group*, 15 December 1948 – 26 September 1949
- 317th Troop Carrier Group317th Troop Carrier GroupThe 317th Troop Carrier Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina...
*, 30 September – 15 December 1948 - * Assigned to 1st Airlift Task Force (Berlin Airlift)
- Redesignated: Wiesbaden AFB, 26 September 1947; Wiesbaden AB, 17 November 1955
- Transferred to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, 31 December 1975 (Project Creek Swap) - Now: Wiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Army AirfieldWiesbaden Army Airfield or WAAF is located southeast of the city of Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. It was selected as the site for Headquarters, United States Air Forces in Europe on 28 September 1945, in large part due to its proximity to Frankfurt am Main, where the U.S. Seventh Army was...
- AAF Station Schweinfurt
- Located: 50°02′58"N 010°10′09"E
- Captured 18 April 1945, Wartime use: S&E Field (R-25)
- 474th Fighter Group, 16 June – 25 October 1945
- 86th Fighter Group, 23 October 1945 – 15 February 1946
- 355th Fighter Group, 15 April – 1 August 1946
- 52d Fighter Group, 9 November 1946 – 5 May 1947
- 507th Air Materiel Squadron, 1 June – 31 September 1947 (Air Technical Service Command)
- Redesignated as Schweinfurt AB, 1 August 1947
- Turned over to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
5 October 1947. - Now: Schweinfurt Army HeliportSchweinfurt Army HeliportSchweinfurt Army Heliport is a military facility near Schweinfurt, Germany, being part of the United States Army Garrison. . It is controlled by the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry, 173d Airborne Brigade Combat Team since 6 June 2006....
- AAF Station Bayreuth/Bindlach
- Located: 49°59′05"N 011°38′24"E
- Captured 18 April 1945, Wartime use: S&E Field (R-26)
- 366th Fighter Group, 25 June – 14 September 1945
- Closed and Inactivated 30 September 1945
- Now: Bindlacher Berg AirportBindlacher Berg AirportBindlacher Berg Airport or Flughafen Bindlacher Berg , also known as Bayreuth Airport or Flughafen Bayreuth, is an airport in Bindlach, Bavaria, Germany.- History :German Luftwaffe built this airport in 1936...
- AAF Station Herzogenaurach
- Located: 49°34′57"N 010°52′42"E
- Captured 19 April 1945, Wartime use: S&E Field (R-29)
- 354th Fighter Group, May 1945 – 15 February 1946
- 320th Bombardment Group, 18 June – October 1945
- Transferred to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, 28 February 1946 (Herzo-Base); Closed 1992 - Now: Herzogenaurach AirportHerzogenaurach AirportHerzogenaurach Airport is a regional airport in Germany, located about 3 miles north of Herzogenaurach ; about 230 miles southwest of BerlinIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:...
- AAF Station Buchschwabach
- Located: 49°22′13"N 010°52′37"E (Approximate)
- Captured 21 April 1945, Wartime use: S&E Field (R-42)
- 368th Fighter Group368th Fighter GroupThe 368th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the XII Tactical Air Command stationed at Fliegerhorst Straubing , Germany. It was deactivated on 20 August 1946....
, 13 May – 13 August 1945
- 368th Fighter Group
- Closed and Inactivated 31 August 1945
- Now: Abandoned
- AAF Station Stuttgart/Echterdingen
- Located: 48°41′19"N 009°12′40"E
- Captured 25 April 1945, Opened 7 May 1945 (R-50)
- 324th Fighter Group324th Fighter GroupThe 324th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with XII Air Support Command, stationed at Fliegerhorst Stuttgart-Echterdingen , Germany. It was inactivated on 7 November 1945....
, 8 May – 20 October 1945 - 404th Fighter Group404th Fighter GroupThe 404th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with III Fighter Command, stationed at Drew Field, Florida. It was inactivated on 9 November 1945....
, 23 June – 2 August 1945 - 27th Fighter Group, 15 September – 20 October 1945
- 371st Fighter Group371st Fighter GroupThe 371st Fighter Group is an inactive United States Army Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the Army Service Forces stationed at Camp Shanks , New Jersey...
, September–October 1945 - 474th Fighter Group, 25 October – 21 November 1945
- 324th Fighter Group
- Closed 30 November 1945 (Remains as USAF transport auxiliary airfield used occasionally by Air Mobility CommandAir Mobility CommandAir Mobility Command is a Major Command of the U.S. Air Force. AMC is headquartered at Scott AFB, Illinois, east of St. Louis....
) - Now: Stuttgart AirportStuttgart AirportStuttgart Airport is an international airport located approximately south of Stuttgart, Germany....
- AAF Station Nordholz
- Located: 53°46′04"N 008°39′36"E
- Occupied 16 May 1945, Opened 5 June 1945 (R-56)
- 406th Fighter Group, 5 June 1945 – 20 August 1946
- 86th Fighter Group, 20 August – 1 December 1946
- 86th FG squadrons remained deployed to Nordholz AB on rotating basis until 31 December 1947 providing air defense of BremenBremenThe City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
area.
- 86th FG squadrons remained deployed to Nordholz AB on rotating basis until 31 December 1947 providing air defense of Bremen
- Closed 31 December 1947 (Remains in use as host to deployed USAF ACC/ANG fighter units to Germany)
- Now: Nordholz Naval AirbaseNordholz Naval AirbaseNordholz Naval Airbase is a German Naval Air base located near the town of Nordholz in Lower Saxony, 25 km north of Bremerhaven, and 12 km southwest of Cuxhaven.It is the home of Marinefliegergeschwader 3 , equipped with the Dornier...
- AAF Station Straubing
- Located: 48°54′06"N 012°30′59"E
- Captured 30 April 1945 Wartime use: S&E Field (R-68)
- 405th Fighter Group, 8 May – July 1945
- 362d Fighter Group, 12 May – August 1945
- 368th Fighter Group, 13 August 1945 – 20 August 1946
- Transferred to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, 31 August 1946 (Mansfield Kaserne) - Now: Straubing Wallmuhle AirportStraubing Wallmuhle AirportStraubing Wallmuhle Airport is a regional airport in Germany, located about 3 miles north-northwest of Straubing ; about 250 miles south-southwest of BerlinIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.-History:...
- AAF Station Lechfeld
- Located: 48°11′10"N 010°51′42"E
- Captured 1 May 1945, Opened 1 December 1945 (R-71)
- 305th Bombardment Group, December 1945 – December 1946
- 306th Bombardment Group, 13–25 December 1946
- 86th Fighter Group, 1 December 1946 – 5 March 1947
- Closed 1 June 1947, placed in standby status.
- Turned over to West German Luftwaffe (Bundesluftwaffe: federal air force) 7 July 1956
- Now: Lechfeld AirbaseLechfeld AirbaseLechfeld Airbase is a German Air Force base located 1 km east of Lagerlechfeld in Bavaria, about 20 km south of Augsburg on the Bundestrasse 17....
- AAF Station Gablingen
- Located: 48°27′05"N 010°51′37"E
- Captured 7 May 1945, Opened 15 May 1945 (R-77)
- 323d Bombardment Group, 15 May – 16 July 1945
- 355th Fighter Group, 3 July 1945 – 15 April 1946
- Transferred to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, 1 July 1946 - Was: Gablingen KaserneGablingen KaserneGablingen Kaserne is a former military facility near Augsburg, Germany which was closed in 1998. Its primary use was signals intelligence collection during the Cold War.-History:...
, Now: Non-aviation use.
- AAF Station Landsberg
- Located: 48°04′18"N 010°54′25"E
- Captured 7 May 1945, Wartime use: S&E Field, Tactical Air Depot (R-78)
- 323d Bombardment Group, 16 July – October 1945
- 34th Air Depot (later Air Ammunition Depot), 1 August 1945 – 31 December 1949
- 2d Air Division, 10 June 1949 – 7 May 1951
- 7280th/7030th Support Group, 1 January 1950 – 1 January 1954
- 7351st Flying Training Wing (ATC), 1 January 1954 – 31 December 1957
- Redesignated: Lansberg AFB, 26 September 1947; Lansberg AB, 17 November 1955
- Turned over to West German Luftwaffe (Bundesluftwaffe: federal air force) 31 December 1957
- Now: Landsberg-Lech Air BaseLandsberg-Lech Air BaseLandsberg-Lech Air Base is a German Air Force base located near the town of Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria.Landsberg is used as a transport base...
- AAF Station Munich-Reim
- Located: 48°08′16"N 011°41′25"E
- Captured 6 May 1945, Wartime use: S&E Field, Tactical Air Depot (R-82)
- 442d Troop Carrier Group, September 1945 – 30 September 1946
- 60th Troop Carrier Group, 30 September 1946 – 14 May 1948 (elements at Munich AFB/AB until 1955)
- Munich Air Depot (ATSC), 1 February 1946 – 31 May 1948
- 1602d Air Transport Wing (MATS), 1 June 1948 – 31 December 1956
- Redesignated: Munich AFB, 26 September 1947; Munich AB, 17 November 1955
- Returned to German civil control: 30 June 1957
- Was: Munich-Riem AirportMunich-Riem AirportMunich-Riem Airport was the main, international airport of Munich until it was closed down on 16 May 1992, the day before the new airport near Freising commenced operation. It was located near the old village of Riem in the Munich borough of Trudering-Riem.-History:Construction on the airport...
(Closed 16 May 1992), Now: non-aviation use
- AAF Station Munich/Neubiberg
- Located: 48°04′22"N 011°38′13"E
- Occupied 15 May 1945, Opened 22 June 1945 (R-85)
- 70th Fighter Wing70th Fighter Wing (World War II)The 70th Fighter Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with thr United States Air Forces in Europe, based at Neubiberg Air Base, Germany...
, 10 November 1945 – 25 September 1947 - 357th Fighter Group357th Fighter GroupThe 357th Fighter Group was an air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War. The 357th operated P-51 Mustang aircraft as part of the U.S. Eighth Air Force and its members were known unofficially as "The Yoxford Boys" after a village near their base...
, 21 July 1945 – 20 August 1946 - 33d Fighter Group, 20 August 1946 – July 1947
- 86th Fighter Group, 12 June 1947 – 9 August 1952
- 317th Troop Carrier Group317th Troop Carrier GroupThe 317th Troop Carrier Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, stationed at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina...
, 21 March 1953 – 17 April 1957 - 7101st Air Base Group, 1 April 1957 – 1 June 1958
- 70th Fighter Wing
- Redesignated: Neubiberg AFB, 26 September 1947; Neubiberg AB, 17 November 1955
- Turned over to West German Luftwaffe (Bundesluftwaffe: federal air force) 1 June 1958
- Now: Neubiberg Air BaseNeubiberg Air BaseNeubiberg Air Base is a former German and United States Air Force airfield which was closed in 1991. It is located 9 km south of the city of Munich, Germany....
(Non-Flying)
- AAF Station Hoersching, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
- Located: 48°14′00"N 014°11′15"E
- Occupied: 5 May 1945, Wartime use: S&E Field (R-87)
- 17th Bombardment Group, 27 June – 31 October 1945
- 79th Fighter Group79th Fighter GroupThe 79th Fighter Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the Air Defense Command 30th Air Division, being assigned to Youngstown Air Force Base, Ohio. It was inactivated on 1 March 1960.-World War II:...
, July 1945 – 25 June 1947
- Turned over to Provisional Austrian Government, 1 July 1947
- Now: Linz AirportLinz AirportLinz Airport , also known as Blue Danube Airport , is an airport near Linz, Austria.-Airlines and destinations:-Cargo airlines:-Accidents and incidents:...
- AAF Station Vienna/Tulln Airfield, AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
- Located: 48°19′16"N 016°06′43"E
- Occupied: 12 August 1945 (R-92)
- 1407th AAF Base Unit, 27 July 1945 – 31 May 1947
- 516th Troop Carrier Group, 4 September 1945 – 20 December 1947
- 313th Troop Carrier Group313th Troop Carrier GroupThe 313th Tactical Airlift Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 322d Airlift Division at RAF Mildenhall, England. It was inactivated on 1 February 1992....
, 30 September 1946 – 25 June 1947 - 7360th Base Complement Squadron, 1 June 1947 – 15 May 1955
- Redesignated: Tulln Air Base, 26 September 1947
- Turned over to Austrian Government, 15 May 1955
- Now:
Fliegerhorst BrumowskiFliegerhorst BrumowskiFliegerhorst Brumowski is an Austrian Air Force air force base located approximately 5 km east-southeast of Tulln; about 30 km northwest of Vienna....
- AAF Station Bad Kissingen
- Located: 50°12′39"N 010°04′09"E
- Occupied: 7 April 1945, Opened 6 June 1945, Liaison Field (R-98)
- 316th Station Complement Squadron, 6 June – 31 December 1945
- 64th Fighter Wing, 1 December 1945 – 5 June 1947
- XII Tactical Air CommandXII Tactical Air CommandThe XII Tactical Air Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the United States Air Forces in Europe, based at Bad Kissingen, Germany...
, 1 November 1945 – 10 November 1947 - 86th Fighter Group, 5 March – 12 June 1947
- 52d Fighter Group, 5 May – 25 June 1947
- 33d Fighter Group, July – 15 August 1947
- Transferred to United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, 31 December 1947 - Now: Bad Kissingen AirportBad Kissingen AirportBad Kissingen Airport is a regional airport in Germany, located about 1 mile north of Bad Kissingen ; about 214 miles southwest of BerlinIt supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled...
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External links
- Normandy ALGs
- http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/advanced_landing_grounds.htm