Gaudo Airfield

Gaudo Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Southern Italy, approximately 3 km north of Paestum, where the neolithic necropolis belonging to the Gaudo Culture was discovered, about 70 km southeast of Naples.

It was a temporary airfield built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

A significant number of aircraft were damaged at the airfield in March 1944 when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

The USAAF dismantled the PSP matting in June 1944 and turned the airfield over to the Italian Air Force for use in training.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency