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Nancy-Ochey Air Base is a front-line French Air Force base located approximately 11 km west-southwest of Neuves-Maisons in the Département de Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.HistoryNancy Air Base is a pre-World War II French Air Force airfield. In May 1940, it was Headquarters for the Zone D'Opérations Aériennes Est (ZOAE). This translates as Area of Air Operations - East. Aircraft assigned were: 1 Curtiss H-75 Hawk Single-engine Fighter 10 Potez 63.11 Twin-engined heavy fighters It was also used by the British No. 3 Wing Royal Naval Air Service during the Battle of France.German use during World War IIThe base was seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France. The Luftwaffe, however did not station any flying units at the airfield until April 1943, when a glider unit, Luftlandegeschwader 2 (LLG 2), equipped with Heinkel He 111s medium bombers being used to tow Gotha Go 242 transport gliders. LLG 2 moved out in June, being replaced by Luftlandegeschwader 1 (LLG 1) in September 1943, equipped with Dornier Do 17/DFS 230 gliders. The glider units remained until August 1944.