L’aérodrome d’Abbeville, au coeur de la guerre aérienne

by Christophe Lentz, history teacher, member of the Aéroclub d?Abbeville-Buigny- Baie de Somme, member of the History Committee of the Association française des Femmes Pilotes (AFFP).

Come and discover the long history of the Abbeville airfield, which since its creation in 1922 has alternated between civil aviation activities and military airfields during the Second World War, initially occupied by the RAF before being requisitioned by German troops, who in 1941 equipped it with three 1600m x 50m hard-surface runways and numerous installations that were frequently attacked by the Allies.