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Pomigliano Airfield

Coordinates: 40°55′40″N 14°23′20″E / 40.92778°N 14.38889°E / 40.92778; 14.38889
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Pomigliano Airfield 40°55′40″N 14°23′20″E / 40.92778°N 14.38889°E / 40.92778; 14.38889 was a military airfield and base established in 1938–39 in Pomigliano d'Arco, southern Italy near Naples. It was attacked on several occasions by the United States Army Air Force. The airfield was later used by the USAAF Twelfth Air Force during the Italian campaign.

Major USAAF units stationed at the airfield were:

After the war the airfield was used for aviation development, and in the late 1960s the new Alfasud automobile factory was built on the site, which obliterated all traces of the airfield.


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