Fano Airfield

Fano Airfield

Fano Airport is a recreational aerodrome in Italy (ICAO: LIDF), located 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) southeast of Fano and 10 km (6 mi) northwest of Mondolfo in the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy.

The aerodrome is used for general aviation, with no commercial airline service.

World War II

During World War II Fano Airfield was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a temporary wartime airfield with a hard earth or pierced steel planking (PSP) runway and parking apron. With few or no permanent structures, tents were used for ground support operations and personnel billeting. It was used as an operational airfield by the USAAF Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces in late 1944 and in 1945 until the end of the war.

With the withdrawal of the US forces, the facility was turned over to the local government in late 1945.

Units assigned

• 79th Fighter Group, 5 December 1944 – 20 March 1945 (P-47 Thunderbolt)
• 310th Bombardment Group, 7 April-12 August 1945 (B-25 Mitchell)
• 57th Bombardment Wing, 7 April–September 1945
• 306th Fighter Wing, 5 March-15 July 1945

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.
• Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6.

External links

• Airport information for LIDF at Great Circle Mapper.