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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
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ch AviationCamp at Issoudun, where he was trained to operate the variousmachines used by the French aviators. In Nov., 1917, he was given the Brevet dAviateur Militaire bythe French Minister of War. Dec. 10, 1917, he was commissionedas a 1st Lieut, in the Air Service, U.S. Signal Reserve Corps. In Feb., 1918, Lieut. Edwards was assigned as a member ofObservation Squadron U.S. No. 99. This Squadron, from March,1918, to the signing of the Armistice, located enemy installationsby observations and photographs, distributed propaganda lit-erature beyond the battle line, located hostile munition and in-fantry positions, adjusted the artillery fire of the U.S. forces, per-formed reglage service, made repeated reconnaissances to theenemys territory, and was likewise assigned to various specialmissions. This American Squadron served for a time with a FrenchEscadrille. While operating within the Frapelle sector, Lieut. Edwardswas cited with other members of the Squadron, and Major-General ( 64 )
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JOHN RICHARD EDWARDS, Jr. O. P. Summerall especially cited the work of the 99th and 104thSquadrons, during the closing days of the War. During the St.-Mihiel salient attack he was continually employed in connectionwith the work performed by this Squadron. Aero Squadron 99 and 104 for faithful and untiring service in obtaininguseful and valuable information, often under great difficulty, and in aidingthe advance of the ground forces throughout the Meuse-Argonne offensiveof Sept. 26 to Nov. 11, 1918. Among other individual citations received by Lieut. Edwards,are the following: The Air Service Commander, First Army, cites the following officersand men for exceptional devotion to duty: 1. Par. 5. First Lieutenant John R. Edwards, A.S., U.S.A., Pilot, 99thAero Squadron, executed exceptional mission on Sept. 14th, 1918, overConflans, twenty kilometres behind enemy lines. His formation was at-tacked by twenty-five enemy pursuit planes. During combat his gas pumpwas shot away. Pumping gas by

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