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English: Bradstreet Parker (1897-1918), Cadet, U.S.N. Aviation Detachment. Died of pneumonia, Sept. 21, 1918. Son of George S. and Grace M. Parker; was born at Salem, Mass., April 13, 1897. He attended the public and private schools of Salem; graduated as president of his class, from the Hackley School, Tarrytown, N.Y., and entered Harvard College, class of 1919, where he remained until the end of his sophomore year, when he left to enter business with his father, in Parker Bros. Inc., of Salem and New York. At college he played football, baseball, and hockey. He attended the Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg in the summer of 1916, receiving his diploma on Aug 8. On June 18, 1918, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Aviation Detachment at M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass., attached to Co. 28, which graduated on Oct. 7, 1918. After three months of training, he died of pneumonic-influenza on Sept. 21, 1918, before finishing this course. His record called forth high praise from his Commanding Officer, who wrote to Parker's family regarding his admirable work. Pr. Parker's record here was excellent, both in academic work and in his aptitude for the Service, and there is no doubt that he would have proved a great credit to our school and the Navy at large had his life been spared. Married, Dec. 15, 1916, Ruth Comfort Mansfield, of Brookline, Mass.

Identifier: NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick (find matches)
Title: New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed
Subjects: Biography Aeronautics World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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ge, class of 1919, where heremained until the end of his sophomore year, when he left toenter business with his father, in Parker Bros. Inc., of Salem andNew York. At college he played football, baseball, and hockey. He attended the Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg in thesummer of 1916, receiving his diploma on Aug 8. On June 18, 1918,he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Aviation Detachment at M.I.T.,Cambridge, Mass., attached to Co. 28, which graduated on Oct. 7,1918. After three months of training, he died of pneumonic-influ-enza on Sept. 21, 1918, before finishing this course. His recordcalled forth high praise from his Commanding Officer, who wroteto Parkers family regarding his admirable work. Pr. Parkers record here was excellent, both in academic work and inhis aptitude for the Service, and there is no doubt that he would haveproved a great credit to our school and the Navy at large had his lifebeen spared. Married, Dec. 15, 1916, Ruth Comfort Mansfield, of Brookline,Mass. ( 314 J
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RALPH ROBY McCORMACK Ensign, U.S.N.R.RKilled in seaplane accident, Feb. 7, 1919Son of Thomas and Mary J. McCormack; was born at East Bos-ton, Mass., Jan. 8, 1897. He was educated in the public schools ofEast Boston, the High School of Commerce, Boston, and at theMass. Agricultural College. He was coxswain in his junior year atthe High School of Commerce, and won medal for high jump atinterscholastic meet in 1912. He enlisted in the Naval Aviation Detachment at M.I.T., onMay 29, 1918, and after ten weeks training there, was sent to KeyWest, Fla.; then to Miami, and subsequently to Pensacola, wherehe was commissioned Ensign on Dec. 11, 1918. On Feb. 7, 1919, he was killed with two other naval aviators,when the seaplane in which they were flying fell into Pensacola Bay.The machine was seen in a nose-dive over the channel, but nothingwas thought of it until the men failed to return; then an alarm wassounded and the wreckage was discovered. The bodies were laterrecovered, and Ensign McCorm

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