Cricqueville-en-Bessin

Cricqueville-en-Bessin (French pronunciation: [kʁikvil ɑ̃ bɛsɛ̃] ⓘ, literally Cricqueville in Bessin) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

The municipality takes its name from its deep-water creek that forms a natural harbor, from Crycavilla.

Just outside Cricqueville, the United States Army Air Forces established an airfield shortly after D-Day on 9 June 1944, just three days after the Allied landings in France.

Known as Advanced Landing Ground "A-2" (Cricqueville), it was used from early June though September 1944.

After the Americans moved east into Central France, the airfield was dismantled and the land returned to agricultural use.