Tre Cancello Landing Strip Explained

Tre Cancello Landing Strip
Partof:Twelfth Air Force
Coordinates: (Approximate)
Type:Military airfield
Built:1943
Used:1943
Controlledby:United States Army Air Forces

Tre Cancello Landing Strip is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which is located approximately 11 km east-northeast of Anzio; about 50 km south-southeast of Rome. It was a temporary grass airfield used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force 416th Night Fighter Squadron between 14 June and 8 July 1944, flying Bristol Beaufighters on night defensive interceptor patrols during the Anzio landing.

When the Americans pulled out the airfield was dismantled by engineers and returned to agriculture. An outline of the runway remains in an agricultural field in aerial photos today.

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