Lecce Airfield
Site information
Type	Military airfield
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Location
Coordinates	40°14′30″N018°7′59.75″E / 40.24167°N 18.1332639°E /40.24167; 18.1332639
Site history
Built	1943
In use	1943-1945

Lecce Airfield

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Location of Lecce Airfield, Italy

Lecce Airfield is an abandonedWorld War II military airfield inItaly, which is located approximately 8.5 miles southwest fromLecce in theSalentine Peninsula. Built in 1943 by United States Army Engineers, the airfield was primarily aFifteenth Air ForceB-24 Liberator heavy bomber base used in the strategic bombing of Germany. Lecce was also used by tactical aircraft ofTwelfth Air Force in theItalian Campaign.

Known units assigned to the airfield were:

• 98th Bombardment Group, 17 January 1944 – 19 April 1945,B-24 Liberator, (15AF)
• 82d Fighter Group, 10 October 1943 – 11 January 1944,P-38 Lightning, (12AF)
• 416th Night Fighter Squadron, 27–30 September 1943,Bristol Beaufighter (12 AF)

The airfield today operates asAviosuperficie Lecce Fondone, military operaciones shifted toLecce Galatina Air Base.

 This article incorporatespublic domain material from 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(PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History.ISBN 0-405-12194-6.LCCN 70605402.OCLC 72556. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on December 20, 2016.

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