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Re: Valence airfield
Valence Postscript:
I have just discovered in my notes that there was indeed a major facility there. At the end of 1942/beginning of 1943, Feldluftpark 3/VI moved from Flers in Normandy to Nīmes/102 km NW of Marseille, and then moved again later in 1943 to Valence. A Feldluftpark in 1944 typically had 170 Germans and 800 to 1,000 local civilian workers and was a depot for aviation and Flak equipment, components and spare parts.
This is all from German documents and it is surprising that it was not included in that Top Secret Air Ministry list I mentioned earlier. That list was prepared from all intelligence resources, including ULTRA.
L.
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