Verdun Aerodrome

Verdun Aerodrome
Part of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Located near: Verdun, France Verdun Aerodrome Verdun Aerodrome (France)
Coordinates	49°09′33″N 005°24′47″E / 49.15917°N 5.41306°E / 49.15917; 5.41306
Type	Combat Airfield
Site information
Controlled by	Air Service, United States Army
Condition	Agricultural area
Site history
Built	1918
In use	1918–1919
Battles/wars	World War I
Garrison information
Garrison	1st Pursuit Group (Elements) United States First Army Air Service

Verdun Aerodrome, was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located near Verdun, in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Overview

The airfield was used by the Air Service, United States Army in 1918 as an advance forward airfield during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during September–November 1918. Elements of the First Army Air Service 27th and 95th Aero Squadrons used the field until the Armistice on 7 November 1918.

The precise location of the airfield is undetermined, and presumably after the war, the airfield was abandoned and returned to agricultural use.

Series "D", Volume 2, Squadron histories,. Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917–1919, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Aviation in World War I

People and aircraft	Commanders Aces Aircraft of the Entente Powers Aircraft of the Central Powers Zeppelins

Campaigns and battles	Strategic bombing German Cuxhaven Bombing of cities Aerial reconnaissance Fokker Scourge Flight over Vienna Bloody April Battles

Entente Powers air services	British air services Royal Flying Corps Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force Australian Flying Corps Canadian Air Force (1918–20) French Air Service Imperial Russian Air Service Royal Italian Air Corps United States Army Air Service Greek air services Army Air Service Naval Air Service

Central Powers air services	Imperial German Air Service Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops Ottoman Aviation Squadrons Bulgarian Army Aeroplane Section

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