Prosnes Airfield

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in FranceWorld War II airfields in France

Prosnes Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located in the vicinity of Prosnes, approximately 12 miles (19 km) east-southeast of Reims and 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Paris. The airfield was a semi-permanent facility built by the USAAF in the Champagne region west of Monte Carnillet which was a fiercely contested region of the World War I Western Front. The 6000' Pierced Steel Planking runway of the airfield supported Fighters and transports from September 1944 through the end of the war in Europe.

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Prosnes Airfield
D 35, Reims

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51400 Reims
Grand Est, France
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