Issoudun Aerodrome

Issoudun Aerodrome
Part of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Located near: Issoudun, France
Issoudun Aerodrome - Field 3 with Nieuport 23M, 80 HP single seat (solo) aircraft, 1918.
Issoudun Aerodrome is located in France
Issoudun Aerodrome
Issoudun Aerodrome
Coordinates46°57′38″N 001°59′39″E / 46.96056°N 1.99417°E / 46.96056; 1.99417
TypeTraining Complex
Site information
Controlled by  Air Service, United States Army
ConditionAbandoned, agricultural fields
Site history
Built1917
In use1917-1918
Battles/warsWorld War I
Garrison information
GarrisonThird Air Instructional Center

Issoudun Aerodrome was a complex of military airfields in the vicinity of Issoudun, Centre, France. They were used during World War I as part of the Third Air Instructional Center, American Expeditionary Forces for training United States airmen prior to being sent into combat on the Western Front.

It was at that time the largest air base in the world. Today the entire complex consists of agricultural fields, the military facility totally obscured with no trace of its wartime history.