Cretteville

Cretteville

Cretteville

Cretteville is located in France
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Cretteville
Administration
Country France
Region Lower Normandy
Department Manche
Arrondissement Coutances
Canton La Haye-du-Puits
Intercommunality la Haye-du-Puits
Mayor Michel Lerouvillois
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 2–37 m (6.6–121 ft)
(avg. 20 m/66 ft)
Land area1 6.83 km2 (2.64 sq mi)
Population2 219  (2006)
 - Density 32 /km2 (83 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 50153/ 50250
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: 49°20′35″N 1°23′19″W / 49.34298°N 1.38874°W / 49.34298; -1.38874

Cretteville is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

World War II

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 4 July, the airfield was designated as "A-14", it was used by the 358th Fighter Group which flew P-47 Thunderbolts until mid-August when the unit moved into Central France. The 406th Fighter Group took its place at the airfield and continued to fly P-47s until early September. Afterward, the airfield was closed.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
  2. ^ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.


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