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Air France flight AF 028 landing in 2011 at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, USA. Air France was founded on 7 October 1933 as a merger of several French aviation companies. The network started with destinations across Europe, to French colonies in North Africa [clarification needed] and farther afield. [2]
Maupertus-sur-Mer Airfield. A B-26 Marauder (KS-R, serial number 41-31707) nicknamed "Five By Fives" of the 557th Bomb Squadron, 387th Bomb Group. 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. [1]
The airport was first built in 1937 as a French Air Force military airfield. It was captured and used by the German Luftwaffe during the Occupation of France, and seized by the United States Army on 27 June 1944 during the liberation of the Cherbourg area. It was used as a fighter and bomber airfield by the United States Army Air Forces in 1944.
Melun Villaroche Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome de Melun Villaroche[2]) (ICAO: LFPM) is an aerodrome located 8.5 km (4.6 NM) north of Melun, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department [1] in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The airport is located 5 km (3.1 mi) east-southeast of Moissy-Cramayel and 34 km (21 mi) southeast of Paris.
Chailly-en-Brie Aerodrome. Chaumont-sur-Aire Airdrome. Coincy Aerodrome. Colombey-les-Belles Aerodrome.
Paris Orly Airport (French: Aéroport de Paris-Orly) (IATA: ORY, ICAO: LFPO) is one of two international airports serving Paris, France, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, 13 km (8.1 mi) south [ 2 ] of Paris. It serves as a secondary hub for domestic and ...
The airport was liberated by Allied ground forces about 10 August 1944 during the Northern France Campaign. Almost immediately, the USAAF IX Engineering Command 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion cleared the airport of mines and destroyed Luftwaffe aircraft. Runway bomb craters were filled with gravel or various types of debris and covered by Tarmac
Charles de Gaulle Airport. Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (IATA: CDG, ICAO: LFPG), also known as Roissy Airport, is the main international airport serving Paris, the capital of France. Opened in 1974, it is in Roissy-en-France, 23 km (14 mi) northeast of Paris and is named after World War II statesman Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970), whose ...