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Re: Trying to locate an airfield named "Courgirause", France, listed as base for I./StG77 during mid-June, 1940
Three unavoidable facts from someone who has been through just about every last scrap of documentation on this topic, except for entries in Flugbücher:
1) during campaigns, the Aufklärungs-, Jagd- und Sturzkampfflieger units did not always use recognized airfields and landing grounds; just about any reasonably level farm field or cow pasture would do for a 1 to 3 days stay;
2) these improvised fields were often identified by different names in the documents, usually the name of a nearby village or hamlet;
3) during the excitement and exhaustion of battle, the spelling skills of Luftwaffe personnel went into decline and place names got badly corrupted in the paperwork.
Everyone here already knows this, but it’s good to repeat it once in a while.
L.
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