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 the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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