The Lafayette Escadrille Memorial Cemetery commemorates the birthplace of American combat aviation, and serves as a symbol of French-American comradeship during World War I. This site honors the American volunteer pilots who flew with French squadrons during the Great War, and is the final resting place for some of America’s first combat aviators. More than 200 Americans flew with French squadrons during the course of the war. Forty-eight American aviators, one Canadian pilot, and two of their F