Lonrai
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Lonrai (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
World War II
After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in August 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 3 September, the airfield was designated as "A-45", it was used by several combat units until November when the units moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.[2][3]
Points of interest
National heritage sites
- Domaine de Lonrai, the estate was created in the seventeenth century, it was registered as a Monument historique in 1999.[4] The stud farm was built in 1863 by Armand Donon.[4] The grounds also cover the neighbouring commune of Colombiers[5]
Notable People
- Jacques II de Goyon - (1525-1598) a governor and Marshal of France was born here.[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
- ↑ Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. Template:ISBN.
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