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| Part ofTwelfth Air Force | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military airfield |
| Controlled by | United States Army Air Forces |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′13.25″N011°42′23.59″E / 42.2536806°N 11.7065528°E /42.2536806; 11.7065528 (Approximate) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1944 |
| In use | 1944 |
Voltone Airfield is an abandonedWorld War II military airfield, located approximately 4 km west ofTarquinia (Provincia di Viterbo, Lazio), centralItaly, about 70 km northwest ofRome.
It was an all-weather temporary field built by the XII Engineer Command using a graded earth compacted surface, with prefabricated hessian (burlap) surfacing (PHS). PHS was made of an asphalt-impregnated jute rolled out over the compacted surface over a square mesh track (SMT) grid of wire joined in 3-inch squares.Pierced Steel Planking was also used for parking areas, as well as for dispersal sites, when it was available. In addition, tents were used for billeting and support facilities; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums; drinkable water and a minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting.
Once completed it was turned over for use by theUnited States Army Air ForceTwelfth Air Force415th Night Fighter Squadron between 17 June-9 July 1944, flyingBristol Beaufighters.
When the Americans pulled out, the airfield was dismantled by engineers. Today the location of the airfield is partially a golf course bisected by a road with the outline of its former main runway on the other side in a pasture.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
