Verdun Aerodrome

Verdun Aerodrome - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Verdun, in the Meuse department, is a small city on the river Meuse, which was heavily fortified before WWI. A military airfield was created in 1912 out of the eastern part of the city, in a place called "Faubourg Pavé" (Paved Suburb). Navigation charts did not show the airfield. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: 1918

Source: en.wikipedia.org