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English: First Lieutenant Charles R. Codman, A.S.A., U.S.A., 96th Aero Squadron, First Day Bombardment Group. Son of Russell S. and Anna K. (Crafts) Codman; was born in Boston, Mass., Feb. 22, 1893. He was educated at Groton School, Mass., and Harvard College, A.B. 1915. Prior to the declaration of war, he served with Battery A, M.V.M., one year; and with the American Ambulance Field Service for nine months. He enlisted in April, 1917, attended the M.I.T. Ground School, and the Flying School at Essington, Pa. He was commissioned 1st Lieut, on Oct. 31, 1917, and sailed for France with the A.E.F. about Nov. 1. He trained at the U.S. Flying Schools at Issoudun and Clermont-Ferrand, France, and on the completion of his courses was assigned to the 96th Aero Squadron. Lieut. Codman was in active service at the front from June 3 to Sept. 16, 1918. While bombing Conflans, on Sept. 16, 1918, he was in a flight of four machines attacked by 24 Fokkers. The other three machines in the formation were brought down in flames and the occupants killed. Lieut. Codman and his observer, Lieut. S. A. McDowell, of Philadelphia, were the only survivors of the flight, and McDowell was severely wounded, but not before he had brought down three enemy planes. Lieut. Codman's machine was shot down, and he being wounded was made prisoner near Conflans. He remained a prisoner in Germany until the Armistice. He escaped from Landshut prison about Nov. 8, together with James Norman Hall, Henry Lewis, and Robert Browning, all of the U.S. Air Service. They arrived in Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 19; sailed for America; and on Jan. 3, 1919, Lieut. Codman was honorably discharged at Garden City, N.Y. Received from the French Army Citation and Croix de Guerre with Palm; also, cited in Citation Orders No. 1, by General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces, for Gallantry in Action Sept. 16, 1918, while engaged in Bombing Expedition near Conflans, France.

Identifier: NewEnglandaviatVol1Tick (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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ieut. Codman and his observer, Lieut. S. A.McDowell, of Philadelphia, were the only survivors of the flight,and McDowell was severely wounded, but not before he hadbrought down three enemy planes. Lieut. Codmans machine wasshot down, and he being wounded was made prisoner near Con-flans. He remained a prisoner in Germany until the Armistice.He escaped from Landshut prison about Nov. 8, together withJames Norman Hall, Henry Lewis, and Robert Browning, all ofthe U.S. Air Service. They arrived in Berne, Switzerland, Nov. 19;sailed for America; and on Jan. 3, 1919, Lieut. Codman was honor-ably discharged at Garden City, N.Y. Brother in Service:— Russell S. Codman, Jr., 1st Lieut..U.S.A., Depot Brigade, Camp Devens. Citation Received from the French Army Citation and Croix de Guerre withPalm; also, cited in Citation Orders No. 1, by General Headquarters,American Expeditionary Forces, for Gallantry in Action Sept. 16, 1918,while engaged in Bombing Expedition near Conflans, France. ( 136 )
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* BERTRAM WILLIAMS First Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.S.A., Ninety-Sixth AeroSquadron, First Day Bombardment GroupKilled in action, Sept. 13, 1918 Son of John Bertram and Olive (Swan) Williams; was born in Cam-bridge, Mass., on Sept. 11, 1896. He was educated at the Browneand Nichols School, Cambridge; at the Middlesex School, Concord,Mass.; and at Harvard College. At the Middlesex School, he madethe second school crew in 1913, and rowed bow in the first crew in1914. He was also a member of the dramatic and debating clubs,managed the baseball team in 1912, and the crew in 1913. He en-tered Harvard with honors, belonged to the Phoenix, the D.K.E.,and the Owl clubs, and rowed on the freshman crew, which won thefour-oared race at New London in 1914. In 1916 he was given sixmonths leave of absence from college to join the Morgan-HarjesAmbulance Corps, sailing for France in Feb. He was assigned toFormation No. 5, and went at once to the front near Verdun. Thiscorps was cited for the work done und

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