The History Department at Shepherd University presents
“World War I and Aviation Aces”
An 8-day tour of the French and Belgian countryside where World War I battles blazed, with special focus on the daring flyers that pioneered air warfare.
Join Shepherd University professors, students, and members of the community for a fascinating study of wartime bravery, camaraderie, and technology.
March 9 through March 18, 2012
Party Leaders: Professors Mark Snell, Walter Powell, and expert tour guide Bill McQuade
Day 1 - Saturday 10 March – Ypres
French Air and Space Museum -- There is a restaurant at the Museum where you can purchase lunch
Depart Paris for the 3.5 hour drive to Ypres
Hotel in Ypres: 4* Mercure Lille Metropole, 157 Avenue De La Marne
59700 Marcq En Baroeul, Lille, Belgium
Telephone: 0033 328 331200
Dinner in hotel included
Day 2 - Sunday 11 March - The Salient
Abele Airfield
Poperinghe
Langemarck – German cemetery and burial site of Werner Voss, the German Flying Ace
Pilkem Ridge
Vancouver Corner
Lunch under your own arrangements at cafe opposite Passchendaele Museum
Passchendaele Museum
Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery (CWGC) – 3rd Battle of Ypres
Bayernwald preserved trench system
Neuve Chapelle
Indian Memorial
Portuguese Cemetery
Dinner in Ypres restaurant included
Assemble at the Menin Gate
Last Post Ceremony
Day 3 - Monday 12 March – The Somme
Packed lunches provided today
Serre
Beaumont Hamel – Newfoundland Memorial park
Hawthorne Ridge Walk
Ulster Tower
Delville Wood
Mansel Copse
Lochnagar Crater
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing
Baron von Richthofen crash site near the Sainte Colette Brickworks
Australian Cemetery at Villers-Bretonneaux, burial site of Lt William Gardiner Duncan RFC
Dinner in Ypres hotel included
Day 4 – Tuesday 13 March – Vimy, Arras, and Chateau Thierry
Vimy Ridge and Memorial
Ossuary at Notre Dame de Lorette
Arras Flying Services Memorial at CWGC Faubourg-d’Amiens
Lunch on our own today
Drive to Chateau-Thierry – about 3 hours
Hotel: Campanile Chateau Thierry, 139 Avenue de Soissons, 024500 Chateau-Thierry, France
Telephone: 0033 3 23 69 23 23
Dinner under own arrangements (the hotel does have a restaurant)
Day 5 - Wednesday 14 March – French sites 1915-17
Both lunch and dinner today will be under your own arrangements
Russian Cemetery and Memorial chapel Mourmelon Le Grande - commemorating Russian troops who fought for France
Quentin Roosevelt crash site in Chamery
American Monument at Blanc Mont
Aisne Marne Cemetery
American sites in the Soisson region
Chateau Thierry
Day 6 - Thursday 15 March - American sites
Lunch under your own arrangements today
Belleau Wood with expert tour guide Gilles Langin, 3 hours
Oise-Aisne Cemetery
Drive 2.5 hours to hotel in Verdun: Hotel Le privilege, Carrefour de l’Europe,
55100 Haudainville, Verdun
Telephone: 0033 329 84 50 51
Dinner included at the hotel
Day 7 - Friday 16 March - Verdun battlefields
A packed lunch is included today
Bois des Caures (Driant’s Command Post)
Colonel Driant’s burial site
Fort Douaumont
Verdun Ossuary
Trench of Bayonets
Ouvrages
Froid Terre defences
Crash site of Frank Luke near Murvaux
Dinner in hotel included
Talk about the Lafayette Flying Corps and show the documentary ‘The Stand’ about the last hours of Frank Luke
Day 8 - Saturday 17 March – Argonne Forest
Lunch under your own arrangements today
Mort Homme
Hill 304
Monfaucon American Memorial
Sgt York and the Lost Battalion areas
US Meuse-Argonne Cemetery – Burial place of Frank Luke
Three-hour drive to Paris hotel: All Seasons Paris Roissy CDG, 2 Av de la Rapiere, 95700 Roissy en France
Telephone: (+33)1/34 29 34 34
Dinner in hotel included
Nieuport 17 N1844 flown by Sgt Raoul Lufbery Albatross D V flown by Uffz Paul Bäumer
TENTATIVE PRICE (SUBJECT TO CONVERSION and further adjustment of itinerary)
PRICE OF TOUR
$2,850 per person for the tour. Airfare is included in this price. Add $400 per person for a single room.
AIRFARE
We will leave Dulles, Washington, DC, Continental Airlines flight 130W, on 9 March at 5:10 p.m. and
arrive at Charles DeGaulle in Paris at 6:35 a.m. on 10 March.
Leave Paris on Continental Airlines flight 133W, on 18 March at 4:00 p.m. and arrive in DC at 8:15 p.m.
PASSPORT
You must carry a valid passport in order to leave the country. If you do not have a passport or it has expired, and you have not begun the application process, do so immediately. No visas are required for this trip.
REGISTRATION FORM
To reserve space on the tour, complete this form and mail with your payment to:
Shepherd University
Civil War Center
PO Box 5000
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Make checks payable to “Shepherd University Foundation.”
Call (304) 876-5429 to charge on credit card.
SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY “World War I and Aviation Aces” – March 10 – 18, 2012
PLEASE INCLUDE THIS FORM WITH YOUR PAYMENT
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PAYMENT SCHEDULE: $1000 per person deposit in order to confirm reservation. Final payment is due no later than January 27, 2012.
CANCELLATION FEES: 90 days or more prior to departure, $100; 60-90 days prior to departure, $150; 30-60 days prior to departure, $200; less than 30 days, no refund.
Cancellation insurance is available and highly recommended.
A valid passport is required for this tour. Prices are based on the prevailing exchange rates (11/14/11) and therefore may be subject to change. Should the value of the dollar change substantially before departure, it may be necessary to adjust the tour price.
THIS ITINERARY IS SUBJECT TO FINAL CONFIRMATION AND CHANGE SUBJECT TO ANY ACTIONS BY GOVERNMENTS, TRANSPORTATION & HOSPITALITY COMPANIES, WEATHER, OR ANY OTHER FACTORS OVER WHICH THE TOUR OPERATOR HAS NO CONTROL.
LIABILITY – In making arrangements for accommodations, meals, transportation transfers, excursions, sightseeing and other services included in the tour, Shepherd University and Anglia Battlefield Tours are acting only as agents for the following suppliers of travel services, i.e. all airlines, all hotels, all ground handlers, all transfer companies, all restaurants, all sightseeing attractions, all entertainment, all bus companies, all museums, and all cruise lines, and are not liable for any accident, injury, damage, loss, illicit act, delay, or other irregularity which may be caused by the defect of any vehicle or the negligence of default of any company or person engaged in conveying the passenger or carrying out the arrangement of the tour.
After sending your deposit, go to this Shepherd University Web site to register: http://www.shepherd.edu/university/studyabroad/
1 - In the upper right corner, click “Account Login”
2 - Enter your personal e-mail address in the pertinent block
3 - Click “Register Now”
4 - Enter your name, e-mail, phone number, and country
5 - Under “Your Status,” enter “College-Recent Graduate/Not In College”
6 - Under “Your Major,” enter “Undeclared/Undecided”
7 - Under “Term You Anticipate to Study Abroad,” enter “Spring 2012”
8 - Enter a password of your choice
9 - Click “Create Account”
10 - Anywhere it asks for a student ID, leave it blank or enter a single zero
11 - Click on “Home Page” in the upper left hand corner of the webpage.
12 - To apply to a program you need to:
Search PROGRAMS
Select the REGION of the globe
Select the HOST COUNTRY
Select the FACULTY-LED PROGRAM
Select APPLY TO THIS PROGRAM at the bottom of the description page.
13 - You will be directed to the “My Applications” page. You will see the program listed under these headings: Program name, Term, Provider, Status, and Online Forms.
14 - Click on APPLICATION FORM 0/1
15 - You will be directed to a new page – Click on your Program Application Link in blue.
16 - You will be redirected once more again – Click on your Program Application Link in blue and you will be taken to the program provider wed site to complete that portion of the enrollment. Follow the directions on the program provider site to complete your enrollment.
17 - The faculty leader for your program will accept you as a participant on the Study Abroad website. You will receive an email notification when this occurs showing “STUDENT STATUS – ADMITTED BY PROGRAM SPONSOR.”
18 - When you get this email logon to your Study Abroad account to complete your pre-departure (enrollment) forms, i.e. emergency information, proof of health insurance, PDF of passport and any additional forms that your faculty leader might require.
a. When you logon to your Study Abroad account you will see three gray boxes near the top of the page: My Profile, My Questions, My Applications. Click on the My Applications link.
b. You will see your program in the middle of the page.
c. Click on the “Enrollment Form (0/1, 2, etc)” link and you will be directed to the forms page.
d. Complete all the forms. You can save information and come back later to finish it if you do not have all the information available the first time. Students report that this process takes less than 15 minutes on average.
If you have ANY questions, contact Denise Messinger at 304 – 876 – 5429 or via e-mail at dmessing@shepherd.edu
