Castelvetrano Airfield (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ombrene Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Sicily, which is located approximately 1 km southwest of Castelvetrano. The airfield was a former Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) base, which was seized by the United States Army during the Invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky), and used as part of Sicilian Campaign as well as the Allied Invasion of Italy in 1943.The airfield was primarily used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force units:81st Fighter Group, 12 October - February 1944, P-39 Aircobra