Lisle-en-Barrois Aerodrome was a temporary World War I airfield in France, used by the French Air Service from 1915, and later by the Air Service, United States Army . It was located on the plateau north of the commune of Lisle-en-Barrois , approximately 17 km (11 miles) north of Bar-le-Duc , in the Meuse department in north-eastern France .
6-541: In 1915, the French escadrille MS 37 stayed from 19 August to 16 October near the "ferme de Vaudoncourt", 1 mile north of lisle en Barrois. A new airfield was built during summer 1918, initially for the French Air Service: Groupe de Combat 12 and its four escadrilles, SPA 3 , SPA 26 , SPA 67 and SPA 103 stayed from 9 to 19 September. As no other French unit is known to have stayed later, it can be assumed that
12-530: The Second Battle of the Aisne , the makeshift group also had three other escadrilles temporarily assigned— N37 , N62 , and N65 . The group was placed under command of Capitaine Felix Brocard ; he was promoted from command of Escadrille 3N . On 1 November 1916, it was formalized as Groupe de Combat 12 ; its original table of organization contained the four permanent escadrilles . On 28 January 1917,
18-667: The World War I. Its roster included Georges Guynemer , René Dorme , Alfred Heurteaux , René Fonck , Raoul Echard , Joseph-Henri Guiguet , Roland Garros , Mathieu Tenant de la Tour , and the Serb Tadija Sondermajer , among other World War I aces. The fliers from CG 12 carried different stork insignia on their planes. It originated as an ad hoc group, Groupement de Combat de la Somme . Four escadrilles were consolidated in this group— Escadrilles N3 , N26 , N73 , and N103 . Founded on 16 April 1916 to fight in
24-639: The airfield was transferred to the Air Service, United States Army in the following days. 3d Pursuit Group headquarters arrived on 20 September 1918 with four squadrons (28th, 93rd, 103rd and 213th Aero Squadrons), flying missions for the US First Army during both the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives . In support of the flying squadrons, the 2d Air Park had a flight of mechanics for repair of both aircraft and vehicles. 462nd Aero Squadron (construct.) arrived at
30-466: The east side of the Départmental 2 (D2), north of Lisle-en-Barrois, with no indications of its wartime use. [REDACTED] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency Groupe de Combat 12 Groupe de Combat 12 (GC 12) 'Les Cigognes' ('The Storks') was the most celebrated and successful French Air Service Groupe de Chasse during
36-415: The same time to improve the airfield installations, leaving on 6 October towards Parois Aerodrome , near Clermont en Argonne. By 6 November, with the front moving to the west and north, the 3d Pursuit Group moved up to Foucaucourt Aerodrome , and Lisle-en-Barrois airfield was abandoned. After the armistice, the airfield was returned to agricultural use. Today it is a series of cultivated fields located on
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