Athis Airfield Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-76 | |
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Champagne-Ardenne Region, France | |
Coordinates | 49°01′58″N 004°05′48″E / 49.03278°N 4.09667°E |
Type | Military Airfield |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
Site history | |
Built by | Luftwaffe Bodenorganisation and IX Engineering Command |
In use | Sep 1944-August 1945 |
Materials | Sod and Square-Mesh Track (SMT) |
Battles/wars | Western Front (World War II) Northern France Campaign |
Athis Airfield was a World War II military airfield located approximately 1 km northeast of Athis, approximately 130 km east-northeast of Paris.
It was used by the Luftwaffe, then by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After the war, the site was abandoned and is now agricultural fields.