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Old 24th June 2014, 12:28
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Re: Trying to verify Villacoublay as French Airfield where this photo was taken

No Vélizy here : http://www.ww2.dk/misc/ob13840.htm
V. Fliegerkorps in Villacoublay
Stab/KG55 Villacoublay Ob Stoeckl He 111P
III./KG55 Villacoublay Maj Schemmell He 111P
4.(F)/121 Villacoublay Hptm Kerber Ju 88A

Nor here : http://8thafhs.com/search.php
Villacoublay (25 results)
Vélizy or Velizy (0 results)

Villacoublay airfield is pre-WW1
Vélizy became Vélizy-Villacoublay just pre-WW2 because of the notoriety of the nearby airfield at Villacoublay.
The use of "Vélizy-Villacoublay" for the airfield is post-WW2.

P.S. In Ch.1 of Alarm in Westen (Alerte à l'ouest) Willi Heilmann posted to III./JG 54 circa June 1944, try to land at Villacoublay.

P.P.S. on 13 Aug 1940 V.(Z)/LG1 was subordinate to VIII. Fliegerkorps, but from when ?