Castelvetrano Airfield
Castelvetrano Airfield.png) | |
|---|---|
| Part of Twelfth Air Force | |
| Coordinates | 37°40′23.97″N 012°46′29.28″E / 37.6733250°N 12.7748000°E |
| Type | Military Airfield |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1930's |
| In use | 1944 |
Castelvetrano Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, which is located approximately 1 km southwest of Castelvetrano. The airfield was a former Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) base, which was seized by the United States Army during the Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky), and used as part of Sicilian Campaign as well as the Allied Invasion of Italy in 1943.
The airfield was primarily used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force units:
- 81st Fighter Group, 12 October - February 1944, P-39 Airacobra
- 314th Troop Carrier Group, September 1943-February 1944, C-47 Skytrain
When the Americans moved out the airfield was closed and dismantled. Today, the main runway of the airfield is clearly visible in aerial photography, but no structures of other components of the airfield remain.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
