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Re: Evreux Airbase: tunnels
*Bruce D. > I have general purpose histories of both Evreux-Fauville and Dreux but they say nothing about underground bunkers, although I am sure they both had them. E-F and D had the stuffing pounded out of them from late 1942 on because of their relative proximity to Allied airfields in the U.K. They both had extraordinarily heavy Flak defenses, too, and that fact might suggest something stored there that they wanted to protect at all costs.
Dreux: Feldluftzeuggruppe Westfrankreich was located there to the end of 1943 and this means mass storage of aircraft components and parts, some of which might need the protection of concrete bunkers. It was also the location of a large Munitionsausgabestelle, and that definitely means underground storage bunkers.
Evreux-Fauville: it was a big wartime bomber base, but I see nothing in the mix of units stationed there that might suggest special storage needs.
BTW, both were pre-war French Air Force bases, so some or all of the underground bunkers may have been built by the French.
L.
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