The 1940 German airfield in Argentan emerges from oblivion
A Junkers Ju 87 Stuka fighter-bomber belonging to Stuka Geschwader 77
July 22, 2016: The 1940 Argentan airfield emerges from oblivion
Source : Ouest-France
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A German airfield that served from July 1940 to March 1941 between Argentan and Occagnes has been brought back from oblivion.
Thanks to previously unpublished photos and some surviving relics of this historical episode, it is a little-known episode in local history during the Second World War. Shortly after their arrival in Argentan, at the end of June 1940, the Germans established an airfield just outside Argentan, on the right towards Occagnes. This airfield—like another located in Ommoy, near Trun—hosted a Luftwaffe squadron [the Stuka Geschwader 77 equipped with Junkers Ju 87s, editor’s note] until the spring of 1941, for the Battle of Britain.
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