Ronai Airfield?

[Rex]

Despite looking everywhere I know to look (which is admittedly not all that far), I've been unable to find much of anything about the Ronai airfield.

After Carpiquet and Lessay, it looks like the next-closest German airfield (at least I assume it was German at first) to the Allied beachheads.

Does anyone know about it?  If so, can you give me a quick education about it?

Thanks.

[Spuks]

Hi, its qoute from book "Luftwaffe Airfields 1935-45 France":
Rônai (FR) (48 48 45 N – 00 09 10 W) General: landing ground in Normandy, 11.5 km NW of Argentan, 10 km SSE of Falaise and 1.2 km WSW of the village of Rônai. History: prepared late
spring/early summer 1944 and thought to be serviceable by the first week of July. Surface and Dimensions: grass or dirt strip measuring approx. 1100 x 230 meters (1200 x 250 yards). Infrastructure: none noted. [Sources: AFHRA A5259 p.1821 (6 Jul 44); chronologies; BA-MA; NARA; PRO/NA; web site ww2.dk]

https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/comparer/basic?x=-0.147993&y=48.812223&z=15&layer1=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.SCAN50.1950&layer2=ORTHOIMAGERY.ORTHOPHOTOS.1950-1965&mode=doubleMap

Edited October 3, 2023 by Spuks

[Rex]

Oh wow, it went into service after D-Day ... it was a pretty short-lived field in German hands.  Thanks!