French airfields June 1940; Herbouville, Moisy and Ouzouer-le-Doyen.

[Martin Gleeson]

Hallo,

During June 1940 88 and 103 Squadrons RAF of 75 Wing apparently occupied a group of three airfields south of Chateaudun. These were Herbouville, Moisy and Ouzouer-le-Doyen. All are villages within a radius of 4 km., with Moisy the largest.
AIR 35/63 is a list of RAF code names for French airfields dated 20 May 1940 (but with additions as late as 10 June 1940), but it has no entry for either Moisy or Ouzouer-le-Doyen. The information in the Operational Record Books for the three RAF units above is confusing on the airfields occupied.
It seems to me that both squadrons may have used the one airfield, Herbouville. Possibly each squadron occupied one end of the airfield which was nearer to a particular village and this was the name used by them ?

Could anyone please help clear this up ?

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.