Lyon–Bron Airport (French: Aéroport de Lyon-Bron; IATA: LYN, ICAO: LFLY) is an airport located in Bron, 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Lyon,[1] both communes of the Metropolis of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France.

However, after the Allied invasion of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Nazi forces moved into the area (Case Anton) in November 1942 and took control of Bron Airport and seized the military aircraft assigned to it.

It was used as a military airfield beginning in 1943 by the German Luftwaffe, being used as a radar station by Nachtjagdraumführer 109 (NJRF 109) to detect Royal Air Force bombers flying over Occupied France at night to targets in Italy.

It was attacked by the United States Army Air Force 407th Bombardment Squadron (92d BG) in April 1944, causing heavy damage.

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