Deux Jumeaux Airfield

Deux Jumeaux Airfield Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-4
Calvados, Basse-Normandie Region, France
Remains of Deux Jumeaux Airfield after dismantling
Deux Jumeaux Airfield
Coordinates	49°20′52″N 000°58′50″W / 49.34778°N 0.98056°W / 49.34778; -0.98056 (A-4 Deux-Jumeaux)Coordinates: 49°20′52″N 000°58′50″W / 49.34778°N 0.98056°W / 49.34778; -0.98056 (A-4 Deux-Jumeaux)
Type	Military Airfield
Site information
Controlled by	United States Army Air Forces
Site history
Built by	IX Engineering Command
In use	June–September 1944
Materials	Square-Mesh Track (SMT)
Battles/wars	World War II - EAME Theater Normandy Campaign Northern France Campaign
Garrison information
Garrison	Ninth Air Force
Occupants	48th Fighter Group
Airfield information
Runways Direction Length and surface 11/29 5,000 feet (1,520 m) SMT/PSP
One runway, 4 alert pads, 50 hardstands

World War II - EAME Theater

Deux Jumeaux Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Deux Jumeaux in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.

Located uust outside of Deux Jumeaux, the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 14 June 1944, shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy, being constructed by the IX Engineering Command, 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion.

Known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-4", the airfield consisted of a single 5000' (1500m) Square-Mesh Track runway aligned 11/29. In addition, with tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting.

The fighter planes flew support missions during the Allied invasion of Normandy, patrolling roads in front of the beachhead; strafing German military vehicles and dropping bombs on gun emplacements, anti-aircraft artillery and concentrations of German troops in Normandy and Brittany when spotted.

The main unit using Deux Jummeaux airfield was the 48th Fighter Group, however, it was also used by the P-38 Lighnings of the 485th Squadron of the 370th Fighter Group from RAF Andover in Hampshire, England in late July 1944. The lack of airfields built in France led to a lack of space at the beginning of the Battle of Normandy. The staff of the 9th Air Force, under pressure from SHAEF to "explode" the sacred unity of the Group to send squadrons in different fields already well established.