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remains under French military control, as aerial photography and satellite images of the area are either intentionally blurred or blanked for undetermined reasons. What appears to be remains of the old main runway, part of the 26 end of the runway, and old taxiways and possibly dispersal hardstands are in the blurred area.
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This base was very active, mainly with flying squadrons specialised in tactical transport, such as the 61e
Escadre de Transport. Those planes were involved in battles of the French wars in Indochine (Vietnam) and Algeria. In 1953, planes and flying squadrons were based on the French Air Force base of
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Champhol Airport. Much unexploded and excess wartime ordnance needed to be removed and the entire infrastructure was in ruins. The previous airfield of the "22 Régiment de Bombardement Aérien" was reconstructed as
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From 1939 to May, 1940 a training unit for fighter pilots worked in
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designated 10/28 which measures 840 by 25 metres (2,756 ft × 82 ft). It also has a parallel unpaved runway with a
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308:Chartres – Champhol Aerodrome
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568:388th Bombardment Group
213:Location of airport in
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837:The Luftwaffe, 1933-45
824:July 31, 2009, at the
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2011:373d Fighter
1981:363d Fighter
1976:362d Fighter
1951:79th Fighter
1946:57th Fighter
1941:50th Fighter
1936:48th Fighter
1931:36th Fighter
1792:303d Fighter
1782:84th Fighter
1777:71st Fighter
1772:70th Fighter
1615:Wethersfield
1585:Stoney Cross
1540:North Witham
1455:Great Dunmow
1420:Christchurch
1314:Menzel Heurr
1231:Tmed El Chel
1153:Sidi Haneish
1051:World War II
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177:Location of
82:Airport type
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1838:Bombardment
1767:9th Fighter
1762:8th Fighter
1729:Bombardment
1630:Wormingford
1570:Staplehurst
1470:High Halden
1430:Earls Colne
1400:Charmy Down
1340:Aldermaston
1299:El Haouaria
1264:Ben Gardane
1084:Ramat David
794:(in French)
390:World War I
153: /
141:001°31′26″E
128:Coordinates
2322:Categories
2297:Fourteenth
2292:Thirteenth
1693:IX Fighter
1625:Woodchurch
1530:Merryfield
1495:Kingsnorth
1440:Folkingham
1425:Cottesmore
1410:Chilbolton
1390:Bottesford
1246:Sidi Azeiz
1117:El Amiriya
1079:Muqueibile
937:2009-09-22
733:References
692:Facilities
632:-equipped
475:After the
471:German use
437:Bloch 151s
353:(1.3
343:department
138:48°27′32″N
2307:Twentieth
2302:Fifteenth
2164:Squadrons
1555:Rivenhall
1515:Lymington
1505:Lashenden
1405:Chalgrove
1360:Balderton
1269:Bou Grara
1127:Deversoir
1107:Abu Sueir
698:elevation
481:Luftwaffe
457:Luftwaffe
404:Bloch 131
400:Amiot 143
338:, in the
240:Direction
2353:Chartres
2282:Eleventh
1676:Commands
1600:Warmwell
1595:Upottery
1590:Thruxton
1580:Stansted
1545:Ramsbury
1520:Matching
1475:Headcorn
1450:Gosfield
1380:Bisterne
1370:Beaulieu
1309:Medenine
1304:Kairouan
1216:Hamraiet
1176:Belandah
1112:Ismailia
1058:Stations
822:Archived
800:Archived
772:Champhol
770:Chartres
716:See also
667:Chartres
583:Normandy
435:region.
433:Chartres
336:Champhol
332:Chartres
330:serving
326:) is an
274:10L/28R
269:Asphalt
247:Surface
106:Champhol
102:Chartres
90:Operator
2287:Twelfth
2262:Seventh
2171:Liaison
1924:Fighter
1755:Fighter
1620:Winkton
1605:Welford
1575:Spanhoe
1565:Scorton
1525:Membury
1445:Fulbeck
1385:Boreham
1355:Ashford
1345:Andover
1324:Soltane
1294:El Djem
1274:Chekira
1256:Tunisia
1241:Tripoli
1226:Martuba
1206:El Assa
1201:El Adem
1196:Darragh
1171:Baheira
1089:St Jean
768:LFOR –
679:Current
663:Orléans
570:of the
562:of the
554:of the
538:England
369:History
328:airport
244:Length
228:Runways
77:Summary
16:Airport
2267:Eighth
2247:Fourth
2237:Second
1831:Groups
1639:Europe
1560:Saltby
1550:Raydon
1500:Langar
1490:Ibsley
1435:Exeter
1395:Boxted
1289:Hergla
1284:Hazbub
1236:Tobruk
1211:Gambut
1181:Benina
1137:Kabrit
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706:runway
347:France
312:French
283:Grass
280:2,953
266:2,756
260:10/28
217:region
215:Centre
179:Centre
110:France
98:Serves
85:Public
2277:Tenth
2272:Ninth
2257:Sixth
2252:Fifth
2242:Third
2232:First
1722:Wings
1669:Units
1465:Grove
1375:Birch
1191:Berca
1163:Libya
1148:Payne
1132:Fayid
1099:Egypt
1074:Lydda
1044:USAAF
892:832nd
710:grass
579:D-Day
1485:Hurn
1319:Sfax
1279:Hani
1221:Lete
1122:Daba
976:NOAA
952:ISBN
566:and
334:and
324:LFOR
320:ICAO
277:900
263:840
206:LFOR
166:Maps
118:AMSL
67:LFOR
63:ICAO
56:none
52:IATA
1049:in
987:at
980:NWS
974:at
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