Ombrene Airfield

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Ombrene Airfield
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Part of Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates 42°30′32.39″N012°04′56.14″E / 42.5089972°N 12.0822611°E / 42.5089972; 12.0822611
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled by United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built1944
In use1944
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Ombrene Airfield
Location of Ombrene Airfield, Italy

Ombrene Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which was located approximately 5 km southeast of Montefiascone, in the province of Viterbo, central Italy

It was an all-weather temporary field built by the United States Army Air Force XII Engineer Command using a graded earth compacted surface, with a prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing known as PHS. PHS was made of an asphalt-impregnated jute which was rolled out over the compacted surface over a square mesh track (SMT) grid of wire joined in 3-inch squares. Pierced Steel Planking was also used for parking areas, as well as for dispersal sites, when it was available. In addition, tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting.

Once completed it was turned over for use by the Twelfth Air Force 57th Fighter Group during 9–24 September 1944, flying combat operations with P-47 Thunderbolts.

When the 57th moved out the airfield was closed and dismantled. Today, there are no traces of the airfield remaining on the landscape visible from aerial photography.

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References

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates  public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/ .