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Bresso Airfield Aeroporto G. Clerici | |||||||||||
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 Aerial view of the aerodrome | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Serves | Milan, Italy | ||||||||||
| Location | Bresso | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1912 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 146 m / 479 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°32′22″N009°12′08″E / 45.53944°N 9.20222°E | ||||||||||
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  LIMB Location of aerodrome on map of Milan Location of aerodrome on map of Lombardy  LIMB Location of Lombardy region in Italy  | |||||||||||
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Bresso Airfield (Italian : Aeroporto di Bresso, ICAO : LIMB), also known as Aeroporto Giampiero Clerici, is an aerodrome in Bresso, in the Milan metropolitan area. [1]
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Originally built in 1912, the field served as a factory airfield until the nearby Breda factory expanded its production to military aircraft for World War I. [2] From 1931 to 1933 it housed the Regia Aeronautica's Terzo Stormo. On April 30, 1944, the Breda factory and the airfield were heavily bombed by 53 American Boeing B-17. Seven aircraft and a few hangars went completely destroyed. At the end of World War II the airport was mostly used as a military flying training camp and to field fighter aircraft as part of the defence system of the city.
In 1960, it became the permanent site of the Aero Club Milano . Since then the airport mostly serves as a general aviation airfield for flying club activity, touristic flights and air taxi. [3] It also hosts a base of the state helicopter emergency service Elisoccorso. [4]
On June 3, 2012, on the occasion of the seventh World Meeting of Families promoted by the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a mass on the tarmac in front of a million of pilgrims. [5]
