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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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other plane, itwas only Ensign Peros superior handling of his machine that pre-vented the loss of both crews in the collision that ensued. As soonas the approaching plane broke through the fog in front of him,Ensign Pero attempted a dive. The front end of his plane clearedthe approaching one, but the tail was ripped off and all control ofthe plane was lost. It was seen to go into a nose-spin and disappear,falling straight down. The other plane circled over the spot fornearly an hour, but found no trace of any of the crew, three in all.Mine-sweepers and patrol vessels searched the vicinity for themissing men, but to no avail. The second seaplane landed safelyon the water and aided in the unsuccessful search. The accident took place 12 miles southeast of Fire Island Light-ship, at about seven in the evening, and at an altitude of about3000 feet. Brother in Service — Joseph H. Pero, U.S.N.A.R.F., enlisted May, 1917; served inFrance as chief printer in the Photographic Section. ( 394 )
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DEAN EDMUND LOCHMAN, Jr. Lieutenant (j.g.), U.S. Naval Aviation ServiceKilled in seaplane accident, May 19, 1919Son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Edmund Lochman; was born in Salem,Mass., Nov. 10, 1897. He attended the Lincoln, Bowditch Gram-mar, and Salem High School, graduating from the latter in 1916.Early in 1916 he joined the Salem Cadets, who were then reorgan-izing into artillery. On June 25, just before graduating from high school, he wassent with the artillery to the Mexican Border. He returned fromMexico in Nov., and entered business with the Salem ElectricLighting Co. When the U.S. entered the war, he was interested inNaval Aviation, and applied for a discharge from the Army inorder to enter the Navy. He passed his physical examinations andstarted a three months preliminary course at M.I.T. GroundSchool. In Oct., 1917, he was sent to Pensacola, Fla., to finish hiswork; and was commissioned Ensign in Dec, 1917. On Feb. 16he was ordered overseas, and was stationed first in England, the

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