Chaumont-sur-Aire Airdrome

Chaumont-Hill 402 Airdrome
Part of American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Located near: Chaumont, France
Site information
TypeCombat Airfield
Controlled byAir Service, United States Army
ConditionAgricultural area
Location
Chaumont-Hill 402 Airdrome
Coordinates48°06′04″N 005°12′51″E / 48.10111°N 5.21417°E / 48.10111; 5.21417
Site history
Built1918
In use1918–1919
Battles/warsWorld War I
Garrison information
GarrisonI Corps Observation Group
1st Pursuit Wing
United States First Army Air Service

Chaumont-Hill 402, was a temporary World War I airfield in France, used by squadrons of the Air Service, United States Army, and named after the height (402 m) of its highest point. It was located east-southeast of the city of Chaumont, in the Haute-Marne department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of north-eastern France, between the main road and the "Ferme d'Heurtebise", 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the village of Laville aux Bois (in April 1919, French escadrille VB 101 stayed a few days on the airfield called "Laville aux Bois" in French Army archives).