Rosignano Airfield
Rosignano Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield in Italy, located near the comune of Rosignano Marittimo in the Province of Livorno in Tuscany.
The area was captured by the Fifth Army in the early summer of 1944, and the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force Twelfth Air Force in 1945 during the Italian campaign. Known units assigned were:
- 416th Night Fighter Squadron, P-61 Black Widow, 1 September-1 October 1944
- 62d Troop Carrier Group, 30 September 1944-8 January 1945
- 47th Bombardment Group, October–11 December 1944
- 64th Troop Carrier Group, 10 January-23 May 1945
- 2641st Special Group, 24 March-20 May 1945
The primary runway ran NNW ~ SSE 100' x 6,000', PSP field was developed with 100 Hardstands. Status operational from 1 April 1945/.
The USAAF ended its operations at Rosignano about 30 September 1945 when the 117th Army Airways Communications Squadron closed its facility on the station. Today there is little or no evidence of the airfield, as the land has been returned to agricultural use.