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Above the Battlefield – The War in the Air

The war above the Western Front witnessed planes being used for observation in 1914, to air fighting and then as bombers by 1918. On this battlefield tour we look at the other battlefield of WW1: the sky.

Tour Includes

  • 4 nights hotel with continental breakfast
  • Specialist Battlefield Guide
  • Battlefield visits as described
  • Convenient local joining points
  • Travel by Silver Service luxury coach
Travel Options
Outbound &
Inbound Travel
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  • By Air By Air
On-Tour
Experiences
  • Coach Excursions

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Itinerary

Local departure by coach, then to our hotel in northern France/Belgium, where we stay for four nights.

We start in Northern France and visit the grave of Albert Ball VC, one of the great British air fighters who was shot down and buried by the Germans. We also visit his crash site and see the memorial.

In Arras we see the Air Services Memorial at the Arras Memorial. After lunch we travel to Butter Lane to see where Major Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock VC was shot down in 1918 after a long and distinguished flying career.

We then visit the grave of an unknown airmen who could be Mannock: an amazing detective story!

Includes Breakfast

Key Visits

Air Services Memorial at Arras Memorial Albert Ball VC Grave

We begin today at the St. Omer airfield, one of the main bases of the Royal Flying Corps and RAF in WW1.

We then travel to Wavans to visit the grave of Major James McCudden VC, one of the leading pilots of the Great War.

We have lunchtime in Doullens before seeing the site of Vert Galant Farm airfield, base of the famous 56th Squadron.

At Bertangles we see where the Red Baron was originally buried before travelling to the site of his crash behind Australian lines in 1918.

Includes Breakfast

Key Visits

St. Omer Airfield Wavans British Cemetery Bertangles

In Flanders we visit the new Guynemer Air Museum at Poelcapelle, where a new display of artefacts relating to the war and a replica of French ace Georges Guynemer aircraft is on display.

We also see the Guynemer memorial, and then look at the story of German pilot Werner Voss at Langemarck.

After lunch at Hooge, we see where Major Hawker VC shot down German airman Hans Roser and then travel to Bailleul to look at the site of the aerodrome there and visit Bailleuil Communal Cemetery and visit the grave of Thomas Mottershead VC, who was killed with the Royal Flying Corps in 1917.

We end the tour in Ypres, and attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate.

Includes Breakfast

Key Visits

Langemarck Ypres & The Last Post Ceremony Guynemer Air Museum Bailleul Communal Cemetery

Return home.

Includes Breakfast

Single Room Supplement from £169.00 (5 days).

Accommodation

You will stay for four nights at a minimum 3-star hotel.

Travel Options

When it comes to getting you to your destination, Leger Holidays makes it easy with a selection of travel options to choose from.

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