Vernouillet Airfield
Vernouillet may refer to: * Vernouillet, Eure-et-Loir, France * Vernouillet, Yvelines, France * Vernouillet Airport Vernouillet Airport is a regional airport in France , close to the town of Vernouillet, Eure-et-Loir. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled. History Dreux airport was built in the 1920s as a grass airfield. ...

Vernouillet, Eure-et-Loir
Vernouillet () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It lies adjacent to the south side of the town of Dreux. Population Vernouillet Airport Built prior to World War II as a civil airport, Vernouillet Airport was seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France. They used it as a major Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation. It was liberated by Allied ground forces about 21 August 1944 during the Northern France Campaign. It was then used by the United States Army Air Force Ninth Air Force as a combat Advanced Landing Ground. Declared operational on 26 August, the airfield was designated as " A-41", and was used by combat units until the end of the war. Afterward the airport was returned to civil control. The airport was closed after the war due to a conflict of airspace with the expanding Orly Airport near Paris, and is now a small grass airfield general aviation airport with no commercial traffic. Twin towns – sister cities ...
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Vernouillet, Yvelines
Vernouillet () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. Population Twin towns – sister cities Vernouillet is twinned with: * Hainburg, Germany (1962) * Alberndorf im Pulkautal, Austria (1972) * Trumau, Austria (1977) * Yarm, England, United Kingdom (1985) See also *Communes of the Yvelines department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References Communes of Yvelines {{Yvelines-geo-stub ...
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