| 词条 | Cretteville |
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|name = Cretteville |image = Église de Cretteville.jpg |arrondissement = Cherbourg |canton = Carentan |INSEE = 50153 |postal code = 50250 |commune = Picauville |coordinates = {{coord|49.343|-1.3887|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 20 |elevation min m = 2 |elevation max m = 37 |area km2 = 6.83 |population = 219 |population date = 2006 }}Cretteville is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the commune of Picauville.[1] World War IIAfter 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.[2][3] See also
References1. ^[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/23/INTB1600493A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 23 December 2015 {{fr}} {{commons category}}{{Manche-geo-stub}}2. ^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. 3. ^Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}. 1 : Former communes of Manche |
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