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English: Captain Gordon C. Prince, A.S., U.S.A. Son of Gordon and Lillian (Chickering) Prince; was born at Boston, Mass. He graduated from Harvard College in 1910. Before the declaration of war by the U.S. he volunteered for the Aviation Service, passed his examinations as an aviator, and began training at Newport News, Va. He attended the M.I.T. Ground School and sailed for Italy in Aug., 1917. He continued his training at Foggia, and was commissioned 1st Lieut, in Oct., 1917. In the spring of 1918 he was sent to France, where he was ill with malaria all summer; upon recovery, he was made Instructor at Issoudun, his health not permitting him to fly in high altitudes. Lieut. Prince returned to the U.S. and was honorably discharged in March, 1919. He subsequently received notice of his promotion to Captain.

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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e he was ill with malaria allsummer; upon recovery, he was made Instructor at Issoudun, hishealth not permitting him to fly in high altitudes. Lieut. Princereturned to the U.S. and was honorably discharged in March, 1919.He subsequently received notice of his promotion to Captain.(Portrait on opposite page.) CHESTER I. CHASECadet, A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of George Burton and Maud A. (Ingalls) Chase, of Melrose,Mass.; was born at Maiden, Mass., Dec. 10, 1896. He was educatedin the public schools of Melrose, and at the Mass. AgriculturalCollege. At college he was a member of the Cadet Battalion. Heenlisted in the Air Service at Boston, Mass., Dec. 31, 1917. FromMay 18, 1918, to Aug. 14, 1918, he received ground school train-ing at M.I.T. He was then transferred to Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex.,where he remained from Aug. 17 to Sept. 21, 1918. He was subse-quently stationed at Barron Field, Everman, Tex., from Sept. 21to Nov. 27, when he received his honorable discharge from theAir Service. ( 378 )
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LISPENARD BATHE PH1STER Second Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.SA. Son of Walter Bell and Elizabeth J. Phister, of Hartford, Conn.;was born at Chicago, 111., Sept. 27, 1896. He was educated in thepublic schools of Chicago, at Williams College, and at TrinityCollege. He enlisted at Cambridge, Mass., July 26, 1917, andgraduated from the M.I.T. Ground School, Nov. 10, 1917. OnNov. 23, 1917, he sailed overseas, and continued his training atSt.-Maixent, France, until May 15, 1918. He was commissioned2d Lieut., S.O.R.C., May 18, 1918; placed on active duty and com-missioned 2d Lieut., A.S.A., dating from June 13, 1918. He re-ceived flying training at Voves, and at Avord, and served as staff-pilot at Observers School at Tours, from Sept. 24, 1918, to Feb. 8,1919. Received Brevet dAviateur Militaire, July 22, 1918, andcivilian brevet from the Aero Club of France. He arrived in N.Y.,May 6, 1919, and was honorably discharged at Camp Dodge, la.,May 22, 1919. (Portrait on opposite page.) LEO J. LEEBURN Sec

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