Orconte

Orconte
Orconte
Location within Champagne-Ardenne region  Orconte
Administration
Country	France
Region	Champagne-Ardenne
Department	Marne
Arrondissement	Vitry-le-François
Canton	Thiéblemont-Farémont
Intercommunality	Perthois
Mayor	François Paul
Statistics
Elevation	119 m (390 ft) avg.
Land area1	13.65 km2 (5.27 sq mi)
Population2	455  (1999)
- Density	33 /km2 (85 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	51417/ 51300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 48°40′14″N 4°44′10″E / 48.6705555556°N 4.73611111111°E / 48.6705555556; 4.73611111111

Orconte is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.

World War II

In September 1944, the United States Army Air Forces established a temporary airfield Advanced Landing Ground, known as "A-66" near Orconte. The Ninth Air Force 354th Fighter Group flew P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbolts from the airfield from 15 September until 11 December 1944. The unit moved east with the advancing Allied armies and the airfield was dismantled with the land being returned to agricultural use.^[1][2][3]

See also

• Communes of the Marne department

References

1. ^ USAAF Airfields in the ETO
2. ^ AAF Airfields in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
3. ^ Air Force History Index retrieval of USAFHRA documents relating to Orconte, France (1940-1945)