Toul-Croix de Metz Airfield

Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-90
Gengoult Aerodrome
Lorraine Region, France
Members of the 1st Aero Squadron, standing in front of a Salmson 2A2 reconnaissance aircraft at Croix de Metz Aerodrome in 1918 during World War I
Ground personnel of the 358th Fighter Group prepare to start the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt nicknamed "Chunky" at ALG A-90, Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield in 1944 during World War II
Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield is located in France
Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield
Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield
Coordinates48°41′53.25″N 005°55′02.23″E / 48.6981250°N 5.9172861°E / 48.6981250; 5.9172861
TypeMilitary airfield
Site information
Controlled by Armée de l'Air
  United States Army Air Service
  United States Army Air Forces
ConditionIndustrial Estate
Site history
Built1916 (Approximately)
In use1916-1945
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II

Toul-Croix De Metz Airfield is a former military airfield which is located approximately one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Toul (Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine); 160 miles (260 km) east of Paris.

The airfield had its probable origins as early as 1912, as an Aéronautique Militaire airfield, later being extensively used by the United States Army Air Service. It became a permanent airfield between the wars and during the Phony War with Nazi Germany (1939–1940) was the home of G.C. II/5 (The French Air Force descendant of the World War I Lafayette Escadrille) equipped with American Curtis Hawk 75A fighters. Seized in the Battle of France, it became a Luftwaffe airfield until being captured by the United States Third Army in September 1944. It then became a United States Army Air Forces combat airfield until the end of the war.

After the war, the airfield was redeveloped into a private industrial estate.