A-67 Vitry-en-Perthois airfield, map needed

[Flyingkag]

Hey all,

Working about the 358th FG, I would love to locate exactly the place were stayed - for a short time in late 1944- the ALG A-67 known as "Vitry-le François", and located in the fields near Vitry-en-Perthois (village Northeast of Vitry-le-François).

"Orangetails" memorial book says the field was eastern of Vitry, "located in meadows between the Marne river and between several tributary creeks; it nestled between wooden hills".

Do maybe someone have a copy of the nice 819th EAB "secret" maps, as the ones existing about the several Normandie airfields? Or other one map or pict of the airfield in use with the 358th FG Thunderbolts?

I would be very interested to see how the airfield was organised (strip, taxiways, parkings etc...)

Thanks for any possible help,

Mathias, France

[Alain57]

Hello ,

Perhaps this link can help you.

http://www.ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf

Regards
Alain57

[Flyingkag]

Thanks Alain,

I have seen nothing about "our" Vitry in your very interesting PDF; just appears in the list another one Vitry, in Northern France near Douai.

A67 was given as "Vitry-en Perthois" in american USAAF archives, and that stays just eastern of Vitry-le François. It must have been a grass Luftwaffe landing field before to, according with the "orangetails" archives.

Merci quand même!

[Larry deZeng]

VITRY
A-67

Coordinates: 48 44 52 N - 04 38 36 E

Had a 5,000 x 120 foot runway with a sod (turf = grass) surface, fuel storage for 21,000 gallons, and dispersal facilities for 75 aircraft.

[Source: AFHRA A-5258 frame 950 dated 1945]

[Flyingkag]

Thanks Larry,

very usefull elements!

Mathias

[Jeantiloup77]

Hello,
There are two candidates for the airfield East of Vitry le François you're searching for:
1 - Vauclerc were an airfield is still operationnal
2 - Orconte which is very close from Vauclerc, where GC III/7 was located in 1940. A member of this squadron was the famous writer St Exupery.

It is not excluded that these two locations were naming the same airfield.
Regards