Layette Squadron American Pilots Memorial
Details:
On the side of the entranceway of the airbase.
Monument
A boulder onto which a rectangular white plaque is mounted. The plaque contains a commemoration message that is written in French in incised and gold lettering.
The memorial was inaugurated on April 28, 2001 and remembers the members of the French Foreign Legion who then became part of the Lafayette Escadrille aviation unit during World War 1.
Source of images: DR / www.aerosteles.net
Monument Text:
A LA MÉMOIRE DES
PILOTES AMERICAINS
ENGAGES EN 1914
DANS LES RANGS DE LA
LEGION ENTRANGERE
QUI FURENT A L' ORIGINE
DE L' ESCADRILLE
LA FAYETTE
A.A.L.E. 28 AVRIL 2001
English translation:
IN MEMORY OF THE
AMERICAN PILOTS
ENGAGED IN 1914
IN THE RANKS OF THE
FOREIGN LEGION
WHO WERE AT THE ORIGIN
OF THE ESCADRILLE
LA FAYETTE
A.A.L.E. 28 APRIL 2001
Commemorates:
Units:
American Volunteer Group
French Foreign Legion
Lafayette Escadrille
US Army Air Corps
Wars:
WWI
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