Doncourt-lès-Conflans Airport
Doncourt-lès-Conflans Airport is a regional airport in France, located south-southwest of Homécourt (Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est); east of Paris It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled. History Doncourt-lès-Conflans Airport's origins begin in September 1944 when the airfield was built by the United States Army Air Forces IX Engineer Command 830th Engineering Aviation Regiment. Allied ground forces had moved through the area during the Northern France Campaign in early September, and on `9 September the combat engineers arrived to lay down a temporary airfield to support the ground forces in their advance against enemy forces. The 830th EAR laid down a 5000' grass runway aligned roughly east–west (08/26), along with a small support area. The airfield was declared operationally ready on 20 September and was designated as Advanced Landing Ground "A-94", or simply "Conflans Airfield". The airfield was initially used by various transport units for combat resupply of units and for casualty evacuation. In late October, the 830th Engineering Aviation Regiment returned to the airfield and improved the facility, laying down an all-weather Pierced Steel Planking (PSP) runway for Ninth Air Force combat fighter use along with upgrading the support site with tents for billeting and also