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				Beauvais/Nivillers airfield
			 Hello everyone! This airfield in France was the second part of a "complex" of which the other part was Beauvais Tillé. In opposition to Tillé, Nivillers never got hard-surfaced runways during the german occupation, but was connected to Tillé by a 2.5 km taxiway which still exists nowadays. My question is: when did Nivillers become operational? Was it already in use during the battle of Britain? At this time Tillé was only a grass field and many bomber types were using Beauvais (He-111, Do-17Z, Ju-87 for sure), so the Germans may have realized early the advantage in having a second airfield nearby to relax Tillé's usage... If someone has insights, I would appreciate it... JVM | 
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				Re: Beauvais/Nivillers airfield
			 Mattiello pag. 221 Flugplatz Beauvais-Nivillers(F) 05.40-06.42, in Einsatz mit Tarn-Nr. 500 26.7.42, neue Tarn-Nr. 251 10.43, noch in Einsatz Mattiello, pag. 64 Fl.Pl.Kdo. 9/VI 1940, in Nivellers(F) Unterstellt Koflug 19/XI Beauvais Jaap | 
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				Re: Beauvais/Nivillers airfield
			 Thanks a lot, Jaap! This is the kind of confirmation I was looking for... | 
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