Julvécourt Aerodrome was a temporary

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airfield in France. It was located West of Julvécourt, in the

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in north-eastern

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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

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HQ and two squadrons (

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and

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) 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,

, 5 November 1918 - 15 April 1919 *

(Observation) 3–21 November 1918 *

(Observation) 5–21 November 1918.From 14 November with III Corps Observation Group

References

;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.

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Julvecourt Aerodrome World War I sites of the United States World War I airfields in France

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