Tags: Military Structure.
Chippelle Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located near the commune of La Chapelle-en-Juger in the Basse-Normandie region of northern France.[citation needed]Located jut outside of La Chapelle-en-Juger the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield shortly after D-Day on 16 June 1944 shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy being constructed by the IX Engineering Command 820th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
