The monument is located 150 meters beyond the entry gate on the left (entry may be restricted).

The site is an inscribed white marble column about 9 feet high.

The monument as placed on the airfield where American pilots, “the Foggiani” trained to become pilots during the First World War.

The group of Americans was lead by the New York Congressman, Fiorello La Guardia. 

From the National US Air Force Museum:

In late 1917, due to the lack of suitable training facilities in the United States, a contingent of some 500 Americans were sent to Foggia, Italy, to learn military flying. After completing their training, the new pilots were commissioned in the Army Air Service, and the majority of them were sent to France to serve with the American Expeditionary Force. While many of the Foggia graduates were transferred to the Western Front to fly with the American Expeditionary Force, about 75 remained in Italy under the command of Capt. Fiorello LaGuardia, who simultaneously held office as a Congressman from New York, and later served as Mayor of New York City. These "Foggiani" were attached to Italian bomber squadrons, mostly at San Pelaggio air base near Padua, to gain experience in bombardment and augment the understrength squadrons. These missions marked the first combat bomber operations by members of the U.S. Army Air Service and were flown in Caproni bombers. American participation was very active and several airmen received Italy's highest decoration, the Medaglia di Oro, for their combat heroism. (See Colman DeWitt and James Bahl at the Museum of the Battle {Vittorio Veneto} site).

Between Sept. 28, 1917, and June 25, 1918, a total of 406 US pilots graduated at Foggia. They were known as “the Foggiani,” and sometimes as “Fiorello’s Foggiani” in honor of their flamboyant leader and champion. Eighty American pilots served with the Italians. The greatest number at the front at any one time was 58. They took part in 65 missions and flew 587 hours of combat operations.

For more about the Foggiani on this website site see Foggia – Cathedral - American Aviator (Foggiani) Memorial Plaque and the Museum of the Battle (Vittorio Veneto Museum).

The text is written in Italian and reads:

IN QUESTO CAMPO DI FOGGIA

NIDO DI GIOVANNI AQUILE, NEGLI ANNI 1917 E 1918

EBBERO LE LORO ALI DI GUERRA 200 VOLONTARI OTREOCEANO.

I SPERSTITI AMERICANI E ITALIANI

RIEVOCANO E TRAMANDANO LA FRATERNITA D’ANIMO E DI SPIRITO

CREDENTI NELLA COMUNE CIVILITA’

FOGGIA 24 APRILE 1956

The translation in English:

ON THIS AIRFIELD IN FOGGIA

A NEST OF YOUNG EAGLES, IN THE YEARS 1917 AND 1918

200 VOLUNTEERS FORM OVERSEAS EARNED THEIR WINGS OF WAR.

THE SURVIING AMERICANS AND ITALIANS

COMMEMORATING AND HAND DOWN THE FRATENITY OF THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUL TO THOSE WHO BELIVE IN A COMMON CIVILITY

FOGGIA APRIL 24, 1956