Lonray Airfield
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Lonray Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Lonrai in the Orne region of northern France.
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Lonray Airfield Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-45 | |
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Basse-Normandie Region, France | |
Coordinates | 48°27′36″N 000°02′22″E |
Type | Military airfield |
Site history | |
Built by | IX Engineering Command |
In use | September–November 1944 |
Materials | Prefabricated Hessian Surfacing (PHS) |
Battles/wars | Western Front (World War II) Eastern France/Benelux Campaign |
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Located just outside Lonrai, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 22 August 1944, after the Allied landings in France and the breakout from Normandy, and during the Liberation of Paris. The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 850th Engineer Aviation, Battalion using German facilities.