Cattolica Airfield is an abandoned World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 military airfield in Italy

Italy

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, which was located in the vicinity of Cattolica

Cattolica

Cattolica is a town and comune in the Province of Rimini, Italy, with 16,233 inhabitants.-History:Archaeological excavations show that the area was already settled in Roman times....

 (Provincia di Rimini,Emilia-Romagna); about 230 km north-northeast of Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

. It was a temporary all-weather airfield used by the 332d Fighter Group between 4 May and 18 July 1944.

Today, the land on which the airfield existed has been redeveloped into the Cattolica urban area. Its precise location can not be determined