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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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, 1914, Edith Reed. Brothers in Service — Wendell Townsend, Ground Naval Aviation, U.S.N.R.F.Prescott Townsend, Ensign, U.S.N.R.F. LEWIS A. BURLEIGH, Jr. Ensign, U.S.N.R.F. Son of Lewis A. and Caddie H. Burleigh; was born at Augusta, Me.,July 20, 1897. He was educated in the public schools of Augusta,and at Bowdoin College, where he played on his class football team;was member of Bowdoin rifle and fencing teams, and Phi BetaKappa. On April 6, 1917, he enlisted at Bath, Me., as Radio Opera-tor, U.S.N.R.F. He was sent to the Harvard Radio School in May,1917, and served on U.S.S. Alacrity, Malay, and Machigonne aswireless operator; entered M.I.T. Naval Aviation Ground School,March 25, 1918; had preliminary training in flying at Bay Shore,N.Y., where he received his wings. He was commissioned Ensign,Sept. 21, 1918; took advanced training at Pensacola, Fla; sailedoverseas Oct. 20, 1918; was stationed at Queenstown, Ire.; relievedfrom active duty, Jan. 15, 1919, at Bay Shore, N.Y. ( 428 )
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ARTHUR R. HOLT Ensign, U.S.N.R.F. Son of Warren R. and Mary Elizabeth (Ratcliffe) Holt; was bornat Newton Centre, Mass., Dec. 20, 1895. He was educated at theNewton High School, and at Amherst College. He enlisted onApril 3, 1917, at Boston, Mass., and trained at Squantum, Mass.,and at the M.I.T. Naval Aviation Ground School. He continuedhis training at Akron, Ohio, and at Hampton Roads, Va. He wasthen stationed at Akron, Ohio, until the end of the war, and wasplaced on inactive duty there, Feb. 12, 1919. ADDISON C. BURNHAM, Jr.Ensign, U.S.N.R.F. Son of Addison C. and Emily Hudson (Bright) Burnham, ofNewton Centre, Mass.; was born at Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 28,1896. He was educated at the Newton High School; Phillips An-dover Academy; and Harvard College, class of 1919. He trained with the Harvard R.O.T.C., and enlisted at theBoston Navy Yard, June 27, 1917. He attended the Naval Avi-ation Ground School at the M.I.T. He was ordered overseas andcontinued his training at the Royal Air St

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