Julvécourt Aerodrome

For the World War II military airfield, see Juvincourt Airfield.

Julvécourt Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France, used initially by the French Service Aéronautique, and later by the Air Service, United States Army . It was located 0.4 miles (0.64 km) West of Julvécourt, in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

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
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

Overview

The airfield was used from early 1916 by the French Air Services, until spring 1918, with six Bessonneau aircraft wood-and-canvas hangars, west of the village, along the D 21 road.

It was transferred to the American Air Services in the very last days of the war, with I Corps Observation Group HQ and two squadrons (1st Aero Squadron and 12th Aero Squadron) arriving on 3–5 November 1918.

The I Corps Observation Group HQ stayed at Julvécourt until demobilization in April 1919, but the two squadrons had left by the end of November 1918, ultimately bound for occupation forces in Germany.

The field was transferred back to the French authorities and then to agriculture. Today it is a series of cultivated fields with no indications of its wartime use.

Known units assigned

• Headquarters, I Corps Observation Group, 5 November 1918 – 15 April 1919
• 12th Aero Squadron (Observation) 3 – 21 November 1918
• 1st Aero Squadron (Observation) 5 – 21 November 1918.

See also

• List of Air Service American Expeditionary Force aerodromes in France

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

Notes

Sources

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