Doncourt-lès-Conflans Airport's origins begin in September 1944 when the airfield was built by the
United States Army Air Forces IX Engineer Command 830th Engineering Aviation Regiment. Allied ground forces had moved through the area during the Northern France Campaign in early September, and on `9 September the combat engineers arrived to lay down a temporary airfield to support the ground forces in their advance against enemy forces. The 830th EAR laid down a 5000' grass runway aligned roughly east–west (08/26), along with a small support area. The airfield was declared operationally ready on 20 September and was designated as
Advanced Landing Ground "A-94", or simply "Conflans Airfield". The airfield was initially used by various transport units for combat resupply of units and for casualty evacuation. In late October, the 830th Engineering Aviation Regiment returned to the airfield and improved the facility, laying down an all-weather
Pierced Steel Planking (PSP) runway for
Ninth Air Force combat fighter use along with upgrading the support site with tents for billeting and also for support facilities; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure; a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, along with drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting. By the end of April the airfield had become redundant combat needs and the facility was returned to being a S&E (Supply and Evacuation) airfield, and was used until being closed on 22 May 1945. The wartime airfield was then turned over to French authorities. ==See also==