Julvécourt Aerodrome

For the World War II military airfield, see Juvincourt Airfield.
Julvécourt Aerodrome
Part of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Located near: Julvécourt, France

Members of the 1st Aero Squadron in a celebratory photo with a squadron Salmson 2A2 at Julvécourt Aerodrome, 11 November 1918 at the time of the Armistice with Germany
Julvécourt Aerodrome
Coordinates 49°03′49″N 005°10′49″E / 49.06361°N 5.18028°E / 49.06361; 5.18028
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 I Corps Observation Group
United States First Army Air Service

Julvécourt Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France. It was located 0.4 miles (0.64 km) West of Julvécourt, in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Overview

The airfield was a temporary facility, likely consisting of no more than a few tents that was established by the I Corps Observation Group set up to support reconnaissance and observation flying during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. It was used in early November 1918, just before the Armistice with Germany.

After the brief combat use, the Americans pulled out by early January 1919, and were sent to the Rhineland as part of the Third Army of Occupation, with the aerodrome was turned over to the French government. Its subsequent use is undetermined. Afterwards, it was returned to agricultural use. Today it is a series of cultivated fields located west of Julvécourt. The airfield was located to the west of the Départmental 21 (D21), with no indications of its wartime use.

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References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

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

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