Fayence-Tourrettes Airfield () is a small
airfield
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located south of
Fayence
Fayence (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Var (department), Var Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France.
Fayence is one of a series of "perched villages" ov ...
and
Tourrettes, both
communes
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of the
Var department in the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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of southeastern
France
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.
History
On 13 June 1940, 12 Italian fighters
FIAT CR.42
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, from 151° ''Gruppo'' of 53° ''Stormo'', of
Regia Aeronautica
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, attacked the airfield, destroying several aircraft on the ground.
[Skulski 2007, p. 20.]
Nowadays, it is home to a large
gliding
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club, the ''Association Aéronautique Provence Côte d'Azur'' (AAPCA) and to one microlight school. Runway 10L has two small tarmac landing strips for the exclusive use of gliders.
References
Bibliography
* De Marchi, Italo. ''Fiat CR.42 Falco'' (in Italian). Modena, Italy: Stem Mucchi, 1994. No ISBN.
* Sgarlato, Nico. ''Fiat CR.42'' (in Italian). Parma, Italy: Delta Editrice, 2005.
* Skulski, Przemysław. ''Fiat CR.42 Falco''. Redbourn, UK: Mushroom Model Publications, 2007. .
External links
''Association Aéronautique Provence Côte d'Azur'' (AAPCA)
Airports in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Airports established in 1934
1934 establishments in France
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