Cardonville Airfield

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf World War II bombing
gptkbp:aircraftType gptkb:P-38_Lightning
gptkb:P-47_Thunderbolt
gptkbp:assignee 370th Fighter Group
368th Fighter Group
gptkbp:built 1944
gptkbp:closed September 1944
gptkbp:codename A-3
gptkbp:controlledBy gptkb:Ninth_Air_Force
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first American airfield established in liberated France after D-Day
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cardonville Airfield
gptkbp:location near Cardonville, Normandy, France
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:purpose support for Normandy landings
gptkbp:runwayLength 5000 feet
gptkbp:runwaySurface 08/26
Square-Mesh Track (SMT)
gptkbp:status returned to agriculture
gptkbp:type gptkb:Advanced_Landing_Ground
gptkbp:usedFor 1944
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USAAF_370th_Fighter_Group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8