Juvincourt-et-Damary
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Juvincourt-et-Damary
|commune status = Commune
|image = Mairie école 8248.jpg
|caption = The town hall and school of Juvincourt-et-Damary
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|arrondissement = Laon
|canton = Villeneuve-sur-Aisne
|INSEE = 02399
|postal code = 02190
|mayor = Jean-Louis Ducatillon{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Champagne Picarde
|coordinates = {{coord|49.4472|3.8931|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 84
|elevation min m = 52
|elevation max m = 101
|area km2 = 29.82
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
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Juvincourt-et-Damary ({{IPA|fr|ʒyvɛ̃kuʁ e damaʁi}}) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Juvincourt Airfield
Built prior to World War II as a French Air Force facility. It was seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France, and was used as a major Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation.
The airfield was attacked on several occasions by United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force heavy bombers and later by IX Bomber Command B-26 Marauder medium bombers, the airfield was liberated by Allied Forces in early September 1944. Once in American hands, combat engineers of the IX Engineering Command 820th Engineer Aviation Regiment repaired the damaged airfield and declared it operationally ready for combat units on 7 September, only a few days after its capture from German forces, being designated as "A-68"{{Cite web |url=http://www.ixengineercommand.com/airfields/general.php |title=IX Engineering Command Advanced Landing Grounds |access-date=24 September 2009 |archive-date=30 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630184037/http://www.ixengineercommand.com/airfields/general.php |url-status=dead }}
The airfield was used by numerous Ninth Air Force combat units until May 1945. Afterward, the airfield was used for transport and as a maintenance base until being closed in July 1945, and was returned to French Air Force Control.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.Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}.
After the war, the French Air Force began building a new facility, with a new taxiway and modern dispersal pads. However, it appears that construction was never completed and the airfield was abandoned. Today the remains of Juvincourt Airfield consist of several abandoned World War II-era runways, along with the unfinished modern airfield in a vacant area.
Population
{{Historical populations
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|1962|509
|1968|467
|1975|413
|1982|412
|1990|392
|1999|370
|2008|465
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See also
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