Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer Airfield

Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer Airfield
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Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer Airfield is a former World War II airfield, located 1 km northwest of Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer in the Normandy region, France. The airfield was located only 3.5 kilometers from the Normandy Gold landing beach, and when it opened the frontline was not much further away. Over the first month of its existence the frontline only moved to 19 kilometers (11 miles) away. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: 1944

Source: en.wikipedia.org