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Nancy – Ochey Air Base
Summary
Nancy-Ochey Air Base (Base aérienne 133 Nancy-Ochey) is a front-line French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) base located approximately 11 km west-southwest of Neuves-Maisons in the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Ochey airfield was of particular importance to air operations during the latter stages of World War I. From at least March 1917 onwards it was used by No. 3 Wing Royal Naval Air Service (later No. 207 Squadron RAF), flying Handley Page O/100 bombers.
From October 1917 four HP O/100s of 'A' Squadron RNAS were joined with Nos. 55 Squadron (Airco DH4s) and 100 Squadron (FE2bs), to form No. 41 Wing of the Royal Flying Corps. Commanded by Lt.-Col. Cyril L Newall (later Marshal of the RAF Lord Newall, KCB, OM, CMG, CBE, AM), the wing flew a considerable number of sorties against strategic targets in Southwest Germany.
Nancy Air Base is a pre-World War II French Air and Space Force airfield.
In May 1940, it served as headquarter for the Zone D'Opérations Aériennes Est (ZOAE). This translates as Area of Air Operations - East. Aircraft assigned were:
1 Curtiss H-75 Hawk Single-engine Fighter
10 Potez 63.11 Twin-engined heavy fighters
The base was seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France. The Luftwaffe, however did not station any flying units at the airfield until April 1943, when a glider unit, Luftlandegeschwader 2 (LLG 2), equipped with Heinkel He 111s medium bombers being used to tow Gotha Go 242 transport gliders. LLG 2 moved out in June, being replaced by Luftlandegeschwader 1 (LLG 1) in September 1943, equipped with Dornier Do 17/DFS 230 gliders. The glider units remained until August 1944.
In the spring of 1944, as a result of the Luftwaffe going on a defensive footing as part of the "Defense of the Reich" campaign, Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) moved to Nancy, equipped with Messerschmitt Bf 109G day interceptor fighters to attack the American Eighth Air Force heavy bomber fleets attacking targets in Occupied Europe and Germany.
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