Cattolica Airfield.svg) | |
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| Part ofFifteenth Air Force | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 43°43′21.31″N013°04′24.61″E / 43.7225861°N 13.0735028°E /43.7225861; 13.0735028 |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1944 |
| In use | 1945 |
Piagiolino Airfield is an abandonedWorld War II military airfield inItaly, which was located about 1 km southwest of Monterado (Provincia di Ancona, The Marches); 200 km north ofRome. It was a temporary all-weather airfield used by the52d Fighter Group between 21 April and 8 July 1945.
Today, the land on which the airfield existed can be identified by the scarring on the earth evident in aerial photographs.
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