Lignerolles, Eure Explained

Lignerolles
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Évreux
Canton:Saint-André-de-l'Eure
Insee:27368
Postal Code:27220
Mayor:Didier Schaller[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Évreux Portes de Normandie
Coordinates:48.8476°N 1.2743°W
Elevation M:139
Elevation Min M:132
Elevation Max M:146
Area Km2:6.22
Demonym:Lignerollais, Lignerollaises

Lignerolles (in French pronounced as /liɲʁɔl/) is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France.

World War II

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 18 July, the airfield was designated as "A-12", it was used by several fighter groups which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until late August. Afterward, the airfield was used for resupply and casualty transport. It was closed in early November.[2] [3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
  3. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .