Ombrone Airfield

Ombrone Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Type	Military airfield
Coordinates	42°46′57.38″N 011°11′18.57″E / 42.7826056°N 11.1884917°E / 42.7826056; 11.1884917
Built	1943
In use	1943-1944
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces

Ombrone Airfield

Location of Ombrone Airfield, Sicily

Ombrone Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located approximately 5 km east-northeast of Grosseto, and about 150 km northwest of Rome. It was a temporary airfield built by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The airfield was used by tactical aircraft of the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force. Known units assigned were:

• 47th Bombardment Group, 27 June-11 July 1944, A-20 Havoc

When the Americans pulled out, the airfield was dismantled and abandoned. Today, the airfield is now reclaimed by agriculture, with little or no evidence of its existence.

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

• Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

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