Ville en Bois Naval Airbase
Details:
On the southern side of Rue du Capitaine Leroy.
Two identical stone pyramids with black plaques commemorating the airbase in French and English. There are also several signs nearby recounting the role of observation balloons.
Monument Text:
Plaque 1:
« HERE WAS LOCATED FROM 1916 TO 1918
A FRANCO-AMERICAN NAVAL AERONAUTICAL
AIRSHIPS BASE WHICH ALLOWED THOUSANDS
OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS TO LAND AT
SAINT-NAZAIRE HARBOUR. »
Plaque 2:
« DE 1916 - 1918 SUR CE SITE ETAIT IMPLANTE UNE
BASE AERONAUTIQUE NAVALE FRANCO-AMERICAINE
DE BALLONS DIRIGEABLES QUI PERMIT LE DEBARQUEMENT
SANS ENCOMBRES DE MILLIERS DE SOLDATS US
AU PORT DE SAINT NAZAIRE. »
Plaque 3:
IN MEMORIAM ***
Lamport, Nathan Harry, seaman, second class, United States Naval Reserve Force. Enrolled: Great Lakes, III., April 23, 1918. Died: Naval air station, Paimboeuf, France, September 3, 1918. Cause: Fractured skull. Next of kin: Mother, Ethel Lamport, 990 John R. Street, Detroit, Mich.
Vinson, Norman Craig, seaman, second class, United States Naval Reserve Force. Enrolled: Indianapolis, Ind., April 25, 1918. Died: Naval air station, Paimboeuf, September 21, 1918. Cause: Fractured skull, complicated by meningitis. Next of kin: Mother, Mrs. Ida A. Vinson, 1106½ State Street, Lawrenceville, III. |
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United States Navy
Wars:
WWI
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