Mourmelon-le-Grand Airfield

Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in FranceAirports established in 1944World War II airfields in France

Mourmelon-le-Grand Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in France. It lies approximately 1 mile (2 km) east-southeast of Mourmelon-le-Grand and 93 miles (150 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' (1830 m) Pierced Steel Planking runway of the airfield supported fighter and transport aircraft from September 1944 through the end of the war in Europe.

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Mourmelon-le-Grand Airfield
Châlons-en-Champagne

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51400 Châlons-en-Champagne
Grand Est, France
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