Torrente Comunelli Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, located 5 km west-northwest of Gela, approximately 140 km southeast of Palermo. It was an all-weather temporary field built by the XII Engineer Command using a graded earth compacted surface, with a prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing known as PHS. PHS was made of an asphalt-impregnated jute which was rolled out over the compacted surface over a square mesh track (SMT) grid of wire joined in 3-inch squares. Pierced Steel Planking was also used for parking areas, as well as for dispersal sites, when it was available. 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 dru
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| - Torrente Comunelli Airfield (en)
|
rdfs:comment
| - Torrente Comunelli Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, located 5 km west-northwest of Gela, approximately 140 km southeast of Palermo. It was an all-weather temporary field built by the XII Engineer Command using a graded earth compacted surface, with a prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing known as PHS. PHS was made of an asphalt-impregnated jute which was rolled out over the compacted surface over a square mesh track (SMT) grid of wire joined in 3-inch squares. Pierced Steel Planking was also used for parking areas, as well as for dispersal sites, when it was available. 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 dru (en)
|
foaf:name
| - Torrente Comunelli Airfield70px (en)
|
name
| - Torrente Comunelli Airfield70px (en)
|
geo:lat
| |
geo:long
| |
foaf:depiction
| |
location
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
Wikipage page ID
| |
Wikipage revision ID
| |
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
| |
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
| |
sameAs
| |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
thumbnail
| |
used
| |
built
| |
caption
| - Location of Torrente Comunelli Airfield, Italy (en)
|
float
| |
label
| - Torrente Comunelli Airfield (en)
|
lat deg
| |
lat min
| |
lon deg
| |
lon min
| |
mark
| |
partof
| |
position
| |
type
| |
width
| |
lat dir
| |
lat sec
| |
lon dir
| |
lon sec
| |
georss:point
| - 37.092241666666666 14.199216666666667
|
marksize
| |
has abstract
| - Torrente Comunelli Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, located 5 km west-northwest of Gela, approximately 140 km southeast of Palermo. It was an all-weather temporary field built by the XII Engineer Command using a graded earth compacted surface, with a prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing known as PHS. PHS was made of an asphalt-impregnated jute which was rolled out over the compacted surface over a square mesh track (SMT) grid of wire joined in 3-inch squares. Pierced Steel Planking was also used for parking areas, as well as for dispersal sites, when it was available. 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. Once completed it was turned over for use by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 47th Bombardment Group from 9–20 August 1943, flying A-20 Havoc light bombers. From Torrente Comunelli, the group flew missions over Sicily in support of the ground forces engaged in battle When the 86th moved out the airfield was closed and dismantled. Today there remains a slightly visible main runway in an agricultural field. (en)
|
controlledby
| |
gold:hypernym
| |
prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
page length (characters) of wiki page
| |
building end date
| |
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
geo:geometry
| - POINT(14.199216842651 37.09224319458)
|
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
of | |
is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |