Saint-Pierre-du-Mont, Calvados explained

Saint-Pierre-du-Mont
Commune Status:Commune
Arrondissement:Bayeux
Canton:Trévières
Insee:14652
Postal Code:14450
Mayor:Suzanne Gueroult[1]
Term:2023 - 2026
Intercommunality:CC Isigny-Omaha Intercom
Coordinates:49.387°N -0.9736°W
Elevation M:36
Elevation Min M:0
Elevation Max M:42
Area Km2:4.96

Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

History

World War II

During World War II, the area was heavily bombarded on several occasions during May and early June 1944 by Allied bombers, attacking German coastal fortifications of the Atlantic Wall just north of the commune along the coast.

Saint-Pierre-du-Mont was liberated by American Ranger forces on 7 June 1944 after moving inland from Pointe du Hoc. The area north of the commune was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a combat airfield, known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-1" (Saint-Pierre-du-Mont). The airfield was used between early June and September 1944. It was abandoned after the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023. fr.
  2. Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.