Third Aviation Instruction Center Badge
Details:
On the right beside the 3rd AIC info sign.
An upright, rectangular with tapering top, stone monument bearing the shield badge of the Third Aviation Instruction Center Main Field.
In 1917, the Issoudun region became the largest aviation school in the world. And Lizeray hosted six of the thirteen camps. Two were located in the communes of Paudy, Saint-Valentin, Ménétréols-sous-Vatan, and one in the commune of La Champenoise. This flight school was called the Third Aviation Instruction Center (AIC). The main camp at Rouze included the headquarters, the hospital, the training buildings, the stores, the aeronautical supply warehouses, the repair workshops, the barracks capable of housing about 4,000 men, and an outdoor assembly and testing area. More than 8,000 people occupied the site including officers, troops, Chinese laborers, and German prisoners.
Source of information: www.aerosteles.net
Monument Text:
Third
Aviation Instruction
Center
AMEX FORCES
Main Field |
