Torretta air field

Italy / Apulien / Stornarella /
 RAF - Royal Air Force, former air force base
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Torretta airfield (also known as Cerignola #3) was a semi-permanent heavy bomber airfield located approximately 14km (9mi) southwest of Cerignola in Apulia, Italy. The airfield opened in December 1943 with a single runway. The airfield was initially used by 205 Group. When the other squadrons left 142Sqn and 150Sqn remained at the muddy field until February 1944. When 330Wing left the airfield was handed over to the USAAF, who improved the aerodrome to be used as an affective bomber base. Its double PSP runway with extensive taxiway and hardstand parking areas and steel control tower were built by the US Army Corps Of Enigineers in early 1944, as part of the Foggia Airfield Complex, a series of World War II military airfields located within a 25 mile (40 km) radius of Foggia. The only known USAAF units to operate from the very large and expansive field are the 461th and 484th Bombardment Group, flying a total of six squadrons of B-24 Liberators, from February 1944 until September 1945. The airfield remained operational until the end of the war and the airfield closed in August 1945. (www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/IT/puglia/foggia.htm...
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Coordinates:   41°11'5"N   15°45'59"E

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  • What was the call sign for this airfield?
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