Cardonville Airfield
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Cardonville Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield located near the commune of Cardonville in the Normandy region of northern France.
World War II military airfield
| Cardonville Airfield Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-3 | |||||||
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| Calvados, Basse-Normandie Region, France | |||||||
 Cardonville Airfield A-3 | |||||||
  Cricqueville en Bessin Airfield | |||||||
| Coordinates | 49°21′04″N 001°03′09″W | ||||||
| Type | Military Airfield | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Controlled by |  United States Army Air Forces | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built by | IX Engineering Command | ||||||
| In use | June–September 1944 | ||||||
| Materials | Square-Mesh Track (SMT) | ||||||
| Battles/wars |  World War II - EAME Theater
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| Garrison information | |||||||
| Garrison |  Ninth Air Force | ||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||
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| One runway, 4 alert pads, 50 hardstands[1] | |||||||
Located just outside Cardonville, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 10 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France. The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion.