Lemmes Aerodrome

Lemmes Aerodrome
Part of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Located near: Lemmes, France Lemmes Aerodrome Lemmes Aerodrome (France)
Coordinates	49°04′11″N 005°16′19″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	First Army Observation Group United States First Army Air Service

Lemmes Aerodrome, was a temporary World War I airfield in France, used predominantly by the French Air Service, and briefly by the Air Service, United States Army. It was located 0.6 miles (0.97 km) West-Northwest of the commune of Lemmes, and approximately 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Verdun, in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Overview

The airfield was one of the major airfields used by the French Air Service about Verdun, from early 1916 to the end of the war, with Vadelaincourt other major airfield touching it.

For probably some operational reason, the American 186th Aero Squadron moved here from nearby Souilly Aerodrome on 7 November 1918, already back there on 24 November, after the Armistice had been signed.

Eventually, the airfield was returned to agricultural use. Today it is a series of cultivated fields located northwest of Lemmes. The airfield was located west of the D 1916, which takes its symbolic number from the fact that it was the only road always open during the Battle of Verdun for bringing supplies to the city and the front units.

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

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