Maupertus-sur-Mer Airfield is a former World War II military airfield, which is located near the city of Cherbourg-Octeville in the Manche department of Lower Normandy in northwestern France. The facility was built as a French military airfield in 1937 before World War II. Used by the Germans during the Occupation of France, it was seized by the United States Army on 27 June 1944 during the Normandy Campaign.
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| - Maupertus-sur-Mer Airfield (en)
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| - Maupertus-sur-Mer Airfield is a former World War II military airfield, which is located near the city of Cherbourg-Octeville in the Manche department of Lower Normandy in northwestern France. The facility was built as a French military airfield in 1937 before World War II. Used by the Germans during the Occupation of France, it was seized by the United States Army on 27 June 1944 during the Normandy Campaign. (en)
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| - Maupertus-sur-Mer Airfield (en)
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| - Maupertus-sur-Mer Airfield (en)
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- World War II - EAME Theater
* Battle of France
* Occupation of France
* Normandy Campaign
* Northern France Campaign (en)
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| - French Air Force (en)
- Rebuilt by: IX Engineering Command (en)
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| - A P-61 Black Widow nicknamed "Double Trouble" of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron over Cherbourg, France (en)
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| - Two Runways, 4 alert pads, 50 hardstands (en)
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| - Manche, Basse-Normandie Region, France (en)
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| - Maupertus-sur-Mer Airfield is a former World War II military airfield, which is located near the city of Cherbourg-Octeville in the Manche department of Lower Normandy in northwestern France. The facility was built as a French military airfield in 1937 before World War II. Used by the Germans during the Occupation of France, it was seized by the United States Army on 27 June 1944 during the Normandy Campaign. Reconstructed by the IX Engineering Command, 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion, it was used as a combat airfield. After the war, it was returned to the French government, and today it is the civil Cherbourg – Maupertus Airport. (en)
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- Later: Prefabricated Hessian Surfacing (en)
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