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English: Thomas Carson Curtis, Second Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of Harley B. and Susan D. (Carson) Curtis; was born at Newtonville, Mass., May 6, 1894. He was educated at St. George's School, Newport, R.I. He enlisted Dec. 1, 1917, at Cambridge, Mass., and began training at once at M.I.T., finishing Dec. 21. From Jan. 5 to Feb. 9, 1918, he trained at U.S.A.S.M.A., Ithaca, N.Y., and from Feb. 28 to April 12, at Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex. From April 13 to July 27, Flying Cadet at Eberts Field, Lonoke, Ark. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., R.M.A., A.S.A., July 27, 1918. He was Flying Instructor at Eberts Field, July 27 to Dec. 24, 1918. Honorably discharged at Eberts Field, Dec. 24, 1918. Dec. 6, 1918, Lieut. Curtis was put in charge of a flight of three ships, proceeding from Eberts Field, Lonoke, Ark., to Scott Field, Belleville, 111.; returning Dec. 21. The object of the flight was to further public interest in flying and to look over the country as a possible air route between Little Rock, Ark., and St. Louis, Mo.
William J. Gerald, Second Lieutenant. A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of Michael J. and Annie M. (O'Neil) Fitz Gerald; was born at Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 1894. He was educated at the High School of Commerce, at Chauncy Hall School, Boston; and at the M.I.T. He enlisted in the Air Service in Boston, Dec. 1, 1917, and was assigned to Cornell, for ground-school training. He was transferred to Dallas, Tex., and from there to Taylor Field, Montgomery, Ala., for flying instruction. He was subsequently ordered to Dayton, O., for a course in Aerial Gunnery, at the completion of which he was assigned to Payne Field, West Point, Miss. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., A.S.A., Sept. 12, 1918. On Jan. 7, 1919, he was honorably discharged at Payne Field, Miss., to resume his studies.

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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onoke, Ark., to Scott Field,Belleville, 111.; returning Dec. 21. The object of the flight was tofurther public interest in flying and to look over the country as apossible air route between Little Rock, Ark., and St. Louis, Mo. WILLIAM J. FITZ GERALD Second Lieutenant. A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of Michael J. and Annie M. (ONeil) Fitz Gerald; was bornat Boston, Mass., Oct. 28, 1894. He was educated at the HighSchool of Commerce, at Chauncy Hall School, Boston; and atthe M.I.T. He enlisted in the Air Service in Boston, Dec. 1, 1917,and was assigned to Cornell, for ground-school training. He wastransferred to Dallas, Tex., and from there to Taylor Field, Mont-gomery, Ala., for flying instruction. He was subsequently orderedto Dayton, O., for a course in Aerial Gunnery, at the completionof which he was assigned to Payne Field, West Point, Miss. Hewas commissioned 2d Lieut., A.S.A., Sept. 12, 1918. On Jan. 7, 1919, he was honorably discharged at Payne Field, Miss., to re-sume his studies. ( 444 )
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CHARLES F. WEEDEN, Jr. Second Lieutenant, A.S., U.S.A. Son of Charles F. and Mary Emma (Bassett) Weeden, of NewtonCentre, Mass.; was born at Colchester, Conn., April 23, 1894. Hewas educated at Dorchester High School, and Amherst College,A.B. 1916. He enlisted in U.S. Army, May 15, 1917, at Plattsburg,N.Y., where he trained for Artillery Service. He was commissioned2d Lieut, in Nov., 1917. He was transferred to Camp Dix, N.J.; andlater to Princeton Ground School for Aviation work. In May, 1918,he won his wings at Mineola, N.Y. While at Mineola he madea flight to Camp Devens, 225 miles, in two hours and ten minutes.Later, he was stationed with the 280th Aero Squadron at BrindleyField, Cornmack, N.Y., under overseas orders which were recalledwhen the Armistice was signed. He was honorably discharged onJan. 9, 1919. Lieut. Weeden was chosen as one of the assistantson the Near East Belief Commission, and sailed from New Yorkon Jan. 25, 1919, for Constantinople. Grandfather in Service: Cha

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