Galera Airfield

Galera Airfield
Part of Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates	43°15′14.82″N 012°18′53.53″E / 43.2541167°N 12.3148694°E / 43.2541167; 12.3148694
Type	Military airfield
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1944

Galera Airfield

Location of Galera Airfield, Italy.

Galera Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in the Umbria region of central Italy, 5.3 km south-southwest of Umbertide.

Its last known use was by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force in 1944 during the Italian Campaign. Today, the site of the airfield is indistinguishable from the many agricultural fields in the area.

References

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.

External links

USAAF Twelfth Air Force in World War II

Stations

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Tunisia	Bizerte Dar el Koudia Depienne Djedeida Djilma Ebba Ksour El Djem El Bathan Enfidaville Goubrine Grombalia Hergla Kairouan Korba La Marsa La Sebala Le Sers Massicault Mateur Menzel Temime Monastir Oudna Pont du Fahs Protville Sainte Marie du Zit Souk-el-Arba Souk-el-Khemis Soliman Sousse Thelepte

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Units

Commands

XII Bomber
XII Tactical Air
XXII Tactical Air
XII Troop Carrier (Provisional)

Wings

Groups

Bombardment	2d Bombardment 12th Bombardment 17th Bombardment 47th Bombardment 97th Bombardment 98th Bombardment 99th Bombardment 301st Bombardment 310th Bombardment 319th Bombardment 320th Bombardment 321st Bombardment 340th Bombardment 376th Bombardment

Fighter	1st Fighter 14th Fighter 27th Fighter 31st Fighter 33d Fighter 52d Fighter 57th Fighter 79th Fighter 81st Fighter 82d Fighter 86th Fighter 324th Fighter 325th Fighter 332d Fighter 350th Fighter

Reconnaissance	3d Reconnaissance 5th Reconnaissance 68th Reconnaissance

Troop carrier	60th Troop Carrier 61st Troop Carrier 62d Troop Carrier 64th Troop Carrier 313th Troop Carrier 314th Troop Carrier 316th Troop Carrier

Squadrons

United States Army Air Forces

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