Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille

Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ pjɛʁ la vjɛj] ⓘ) is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Condé-en-Normandie.

[2] The former commune is part of the area known as Suisse Normande.

[3] After the liberation of the area by troops of the British 50th infantry division in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town.

Declared operational on 14 August, the airfield was designated as "A-19", it was used by the 370th Fighter Group which flew P-38 Lightnings until early September when the unit moved into Central France.