Plaine Des Gaiacs Airfield

After being used as a wartime airfield, it was abandoned and today is almost totally returned to its natural state.

[citation needed] USAAF units assigned were: The Royal New Zealand Air Force No.

9 Squadron operating Lockheed Hudson was based at Plaine Des Gaiacs from July 1942 until March 1943.

Today it is overgrown with vegetation; the runways are still visible from the air and many small traces of the American occupation remain, such as fuel drums, metal, etc.

[citation needed] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

B-17E #41-9211 of the 98th Bombardment Squadron at Plaine Des Gaiacs in January 1943