French airfield to identify

[RudiS]

Hi all,

Attached is a combination picture of the caption on the back of 3 different pictures. It's the name of a french airfield. Can anyone make out the name of this airfield?

Thanks in advance,
Rudi.

[Larry deZeng]

Assuming the first two letters are "He" and the last part is ""la", "le" or "lo" followed by "Ceg", it does not match anything on any list I have, including the A.I.2.(b) list of 1,426 French airfields along with their alternate names issued in mid-1943.

[RudiS]

Thanks for helping out, Larry. Much appreciated.

I think the last two words could be "le-Grand". The pictures were taken in may/june 1940 and show derelict french aircraft.

Regards,
Rudi.

[Larry deZeng]

I get 3 "hits", Rudi:

Essigny-le-Grand (FR) (49 44 N – 03 13 E)
Mourmelon-le-Grand (FR) (49 08 N – 04 21 E)
Port-le-Grand (FR) (50 09 N – 01 44 E)

They were all alternate names for landing grounds or airfields.

Do any of them look like they might fit?

L.

[jschreiber]

Hello

Phonetically, both in German as in French, the only matching one is Essigny le Grand.

Regards

J Schreiber

[RudiS]

It's clear that the german soldier who wrote the captions on the pictures mixed up some names. So we'll probably never know what he was meaning.

Thanks everyone for trying to solve this mystery. Very much appreciated.

Regards,
Rudi.