Méautis Explained

Méautis
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Saint-Lô
Canton:Carentan-les-Marais
Insee:50298
Postal Code:50500
Mayor:Murielle Larue[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:Baie du Cotentin
Coordinates:49.2784°N -1.2997°W
Elevation M:42
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:29
Area Km2:16.98

Méautis (in French pronounced as /meoti(s)/) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in northwestern 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 17 August, the airfield was designated as "A-17", it was used by the 50th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until early September when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.[2] [3] On 12 July 1944, General Theodore Roosevelt died in Meautis of a heart attack.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. 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. .