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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. The United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 12 July 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France. It was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 833d and 846th Engineer Aviation Battalions. ==History== Known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-13", the airfield consisted of a main 5000' (1500m) Pierced Steel Planking runway aligned 12/30 and a secondary 5000' PSP runway aligned 01/19. In addition, tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting.〔(IX Engineer Command ETO Airfields, Airfield Layout )〕 The 373d and 406th Fighter Groups flew P-47 Thunderbolts from Tour en Bessin. The fighter planes flew support missions during the Allied push into France, patrolling roads, strafing German military vehicles and dropping bombs on gun emplacements, anti-aircraft artillery and concentrations of German troops in Normandy and Brittany when spotted. In addition, the B-26 Marauder 394th Bomb Group was assigned to the airfield. The bombers also attacked bridges and German-controlled airfields in occupied areas. After the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied armies, the airfield was used as a resupply and casualty evacuation airfield for several months, before being closed on 2 December 1944. The land returned to agricultural use.〔Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tour-en-Bessin Airfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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