Carpiquet (French pronunciation: [kaʁpikɛ] ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. Caen – Carpiquet Airport...
4 KB (278 words) - 08:46, 21 August 2024
Caen–Carpiquet Airport (French: Aéroport de Caen–Carpiquet) (IATA: CFR, ICAO: LFRK) is an international airport located in Carpiquet, 6 km west of Caen...
11 KB (818 words) - 15:28, 18 September 2024
airline with its head office and base on the grounds of Caen – Carpiquet Airport in Carpiquet. It operates scheduled regional services as well as charter...
7 KB (532 words) - 20:48, 16 August 2024
Infantry Division on D-Day were to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the Carpiquet airport west of Caen, and form a link between the two British beaches...
72 KB (10,127 words) - 08:07, 15 October 2024
Festyland, an amusement park to the west of Caen in the nearby town of Carpiquet. The park receives 110,000 visitors every year. Mondeville 2 is a regional...
50 KB (4,621 words) - 10:58, 10 September 2024
The attack was undertaken by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division to take Carpiquet and the adjacent airfield from troops of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitler...
19 KB (2,376 words) - 16:18, 29 June 2024
in the Battle for Caen, suffering several casualties in the fight at Carpiquet airfield on 4 July 1944. With the rest of the division, the regiment fought...
19 KB (1,398 words) - 14:41, 13 February 2024
400 troops landed, with fewer than 1,000 casualties. Aim of capturing Carpiquet airfield not achieved. No link yet with Sword forces. The 3rd Canadian...
33 KB (3,728 words) - 14:58, 20 August 2024
of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade advanced to within sight of the Carpiquet airfield late in the afternoon, but by this time their supporting armour...
95 KB (11,154 words) - 13:52, 20 August 2024
institute in the Catholic Church commonly abbreviated "C.F.R." Caen – Carpiquet Airport in northern France Charter of Fundamental Rights, a charter of...
2 KB (247 words) - 14:02, 8 January 2024