About: Castelvetrano Airfield

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Castelvetrano Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, which is located approximately 1 km southwest of Castelvetrano. The airfield was a former Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) base, which was seized by the United States Army during the Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky), and used as part of Sicilian Campaign as well as the Allied Invasion of Italy in 1943. The airfield was primarily used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force units:

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rdf:type	Military Structure
rdfs:label	Castelvetrano Airfield
rdfs:comment	Castelvetrano Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, which is located approximately 1 km southwest of Castelvetrano. The airfield was a former Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) base, which was seized by the United States Army during the Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky), and used as part of Sicilian Campaign as well as the Allied Invasion of Italy in 1943. The airfield was primarily used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force units:
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lon deg	12(xsd:integer)
Built	1930(xsd:integer)
Partof	Twelfth Air Force
Label	Castelvetrano Airfield
lat sec	23(xsd:integer)
float	right
lon sec	29(xsd:integer)
Name	Castelvetrano Airfield70px
Type	Military Airfield
Caption	Location of Castelvetrano Airfield, Italy
Width	200(xsd:integer)
marksize	6(xsd:integer)
lon dir	E
lat dir	N
used	1944(xsd:integer)
lat min	40(xsd:integer)
lon min	46(xsd:integer)
lat deg	37(xsd:integer)
controlledby	United States Army Air Forces
Position	left
abstract	Castelvetrano Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, which is located approximately 1 km southwest of Castelvetrano. The airfield was a former Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) base, which was seized by the United States Army during the Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky), and used as part of Sicilian Campaign as well as the Allied Invasion of Italy in 1943. The airfield was primarily used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force units: * 81st Fighter Group, 12 October - February 1944, P-39 Aircobra * 314th Troop Carrier Group, September 1943-February 1944, C-47 Skytrain When the Americans moved out the airfield was closed and dismantled. Today, the main runway of the airfield is clearly visible in aerial photography, but no structures of other components of the airfield remain.

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