Sterparone Airfield
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Sterparone Airfield | |
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| Part of Fifteenth Air Force | |
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| B-17s of the 483d Bombardment Group preparing to land at Sterparone | |
| Coordinates | 41°36′02.28″N 015°18′48.23″E / 41.6006333°N 15.3133972°E |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1944 |
| In use | 1945 |
Sterparone Airfield
Location of Sterparone Airfield, Italy
Sterparone Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, which was located approximately 10 km south-southeast of Torre Maggiore on the Foggia plain; 130 km northeast of Naples.
Sterparone was a heavy strategic bomber airfield used by the 483d Bombardment Group between 22 April 1944 and 25 September 1944 flying B-17 Flying Fortresses.
The airfield today has been returned to agriculture, however extensive scarring of the landscape remains, showing various dispersal pads and taxiways and other features.
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
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