Cattolica Airfield is an abandoned

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

military airfield in

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, which was located in the vicinity of

Cattolica Cattolica (; rgn, Catòlga) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Rimini, Italy, with 16,233 inhabitants as of 2007. History Archaeological excavations show that the area was already settled in Roman times. Cattolica rose as a resting pl ...

(Provincia di Rimini, Emilia-Romagna); about 230 km north-northeast of

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. It was a temporary all-weather airfield used by the 332d Fighter Group between 4 May and 18 July 1945. Today, part of the land on which the airfield existed is located in Santa Monica circuit of

Misano Adriatico Misano Adriatico ( rgn, Misên) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southeast of Rimini. Misano Adriatico borders the following municipaliti ...

Cattolica - Airfield nel '45
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