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| Part ofTwelfth Air Force | |
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| Type | Military airfield |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
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| Coordinates | 41°01′35″N014°19′50″E / 41.02639°N 14.33056°E /41.02639; 14.33056 |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1944 |
| In use | 1944-1945 |
Marcianise Airfield is an abandonedWorld War II military airfield in southeastItaly, which is located approximately 10 km north-northwest ofMarcianise in theprovince of Caserta,Campania; about 32 km north-northwest ofNaples. Built in 1943 by United States Army Engineers, the airfield was a large facility capable of handling heavy bombers built forFifteenth Air Force, which stationed B-17s at the field after the war, prior to their return to the United States. However its primary use was byAir Technical Service Command and byTwelfth Air Force tactical fighter bomber units during theItalian Campaign. The field was used by the senior command of theMediterranean Theater of Operations based at theRoyal Palace of Caserta through 1947.
Major units stationed at Marcianise were:
Closed by the Americans on 23 October 1945, today, the location of the airfield is an Italian military base, its precise use is undetermined. The remains of the main runway can be seen on the base in aerial photography.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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