416th Bombardment Group (L) Laon/Athies Aerodrome, France Station A-69 13 February 1945 to 25 May 1945

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Laon/Athies map. Exhibit # 6, Apr, 45 (AFHRA)

Airfield Sketch (AFHRA, Reel=6637 / IRISREF=A5617 / IRISNUM=215629)

Approximate area of Laon/Athies Aerodrome Station A-69
Extracted from GSGS-4336/AMS-M603 Sheet 15 - "St Quentin" 1:100:000 Military Topographic Map
(Downloaded from Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - Army Map Service Topographic Map Series,
Belgium, Series 2364, 1:100,000, U.S. Army Map Service, 1937,
St Quentin sheet)
(Annotated Full Map PDF)

Laon/Athies Aerodrome, France - Google Maps 2019
Approximate Latitude/Longitude: 49.59375000,3.70625000 (49° 35' 37.5" N, 3° 42' 22.5" E) (Click to view in Google Maps)
Located about 3 miles east of the city of Laon, France.

 

Situation Room - Laon 1945    (F.J. Cachat photo)

 

F/O Elizabeth "E.O." Turner  -  670th Bomb Squadron
in the doorway of his tent quarters at Laon-Athies Air Base, France 1945
(photo courtesy of Wayne Downing)




670th BS living area, Laon-Athies France 1945
Left to right: Jim Abbott (670th Ordnance officer),
               E.O. Turner (670th Pilot), Hugh Monroe (670th Pilot), Unknown.
(photo courtesy of Wayne Downing)



 
Lt. Bruce Morris (B/N), front (officer in rear unknown) at 670th Bomb Sq. living quarters,
Laon-Athies Aerodrome, France (photo courtesy of Wayne Downing)

See Also:
Laon/Athies page at the American Air Museum
Wikipedia Laon-Athies Air Base page