US Aviation Flight School (WW1)
Details:
In the field on the NW side of the D960 by the treeline.
A stone pillar surrounded by smaller pillars linked with chain set on a stone base. This one once the largest operating airport in the world, site of the US Army flight school during WWI. The memorial honors the US pilots and trainees who died at the site in the 18 months it was operating.
Monument Text:
Inscription on the obelisk, front:
IN
MEMORY
OF
THOSE
WHO HAVE
GIVEN
THEIR LIVES
FOR THE
CAUSE
1917-1918-1919
_____________
THIRD AVIATION
INSTRUCTION
CENTER
AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY
FORCES
At the reverse:
EN
MEMOIRE
DE
CEUX
QUI ONT
DONNE
LEUR VIE
POUR LA
LIBERTE
1917-1918-1919
_____________
3E ECOLE
D'AVIATION
FORCES
EXPEDITIONNAIRES
AMERICAINES
Commemorates:
People:
Thurman Morris “The Sandwich Man” Gregory
Units:
114th Field Signal Battalion, 39th Division
11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division
139th Aero Squadron
153rd Infantry Regiment
155th Infantry Regiment, 31st Infantry Division
156th Infantry Regiment
213th Aero Squadron, 3rd Pursuit Group
26th Aero Squadron
27th Aero Squadron
2nd Aviation Instruction Center
2nd Mech Regiment
2nd Mobile Mechanized Regiment
30th Aero Squadron
31st Aero Squadron
32nd Aero Squadron
33rd Aero Squadron
35th Aero Squadron
39th Infantry Division
3rd Aero Squadron
3rd Aviation Instruction Center
3rd Base Hospital
3rd Motor Mechanics Regiment
48th Aero Squadron
4th Aviation Instruction Center
4th Motor Mechanics Regiment
51st Aero Squadron
54th Aero Squadron
55th Engineers
59th Infantry Regiment
641st Aero Squadron
81st Aero Squadron
95th Aero Squadron 1st Pursuit Group
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
American Field Service
Signal Reserve Corps
Transportation Corps
United States Army
US Army Air Corps
US Army Air Service
US Army Aviation Signal Corps
Wars:
WWI
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