Gorges () is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France in northern
France
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.
Geography
Gorges is situated on the D933 road, some east of
Abbeville
Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...
.
Population
World War II
After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the
Ninth Air Force
The Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force headquartered at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. It is the Air Force Service Component of United States Central Command (USCENTCOM), a joint De ...
IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat
Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 16 August, the airfield was designated as "
A-26", it was used by the
379th Bombardment Group 379th may refer to:
*379th Aero Squadron, training unit assigned to Benbrook Field, former World War I military airfield, 0.5 miles north of Benbrook, Texas
*379th Air Expeditionary Wing (379 AEW) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assig ...
which flew
B-26 Marauder medium bombers until early September when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.
[Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. .]
See also
*
Communes of the Somme department
References
Communes of Somme (department)
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