Juvincourt-et-Damary (French pronunciation: [ʒyvɛ̃kuʁ e damaʁi]) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Juvincourt-et-Damary
Commune
The town hall and school of Juvincourt-et-Damary
Location of Juvincourt-et-Damary
Juvincourt-et-Damary Show map of France Juvincourt-et-Damary Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 49°26′50″N 3°53′35″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Villeneuve-sur-Aisne
Intercommunality	Champagne Picarde
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Louis Ducatillon[1]
Area 1	29.82 km2 (11.51 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	611
• Density	20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02399 /02190
Elevation	52–101 m (171–331 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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Built prior to World War II as a French Air Force facility. It was seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France, and was used as a major Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation.

The airfield was attacked on several occasions by United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force heavy bombers and later by IX Bomber Command B-26 Marauder medium bombers, the airfield was liberated by Allied Forces in early September 1944. Once in American hands, combat engineers of the IX Engineering Command 820th Engineer Aviation Regiment repaired the damaged airfield and declared it operationally ready for combat units on 7 September, only a few days after its capture from German forces, being designated as "A-68"^[3]

The airfield was used by numerous Ninth Air Force combat units until May 1945. Afterward, the airfield was used for transport and as a maintenance base until being closed in July 1945, and was returned to French Air Force Control.^[4][5]

After the war, the French Air Force began building a new facility, with a new taxiway and modern dispersal pads. However, it appears that construction was never completed and the airfield was abandoned. Today the remains of Juvincourt Airfield consist of several abandoned World War II-era runways, along with the unfinished modern airfield in a vacant area.

• Communes of the Aisne department