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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
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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nant, A.S.A., U.S.A., Fiftieth Aero SquadronFirst Observation Group Son of Eric W. and Lena N. (Goldsmith) Parker, of Maiden, Mass.;was born at Cambridge, Mass., April 8, 1896. He was educated inthe Maiden public schools and at Huntington School, Boston. He enlisted in the Air Service on Aug. 9, 1917, at Cambridge,and was trained at the Ground School, M.I.T.; Lower Field, FortSill; and at Taliaferro Field, in aerial gunnery. He was commissioned2d Lieut, at Lower Field, Texas, on March 16, 1918. Lieut. Parkersailed overseas on July 1,1918, and completed training at Issoudun,France; after which he was attached to the 50th Aero Squadron,1st Observation Group, and saw active service at the front untilthe signing of the Armistice. He was cited in General Orders No. 33: Second Lieutenant A. N. Parker, Pilot of the 50th Aero Squadron, hasexhibited commendable courage and ability in his work over the line dur-ing the St.-Mihiel and Argonne-Meuse offensives. By order of Colonel Milling ( 398 )
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BENJAMIN M. GREELY, Jr. Ensign, U.S.N.R.F., Northern Bombing Group Son of Benjamin M. and Helen P. Greely; was born at Boston,Mass., Jan. 10, 1897. He was educated at the English High School,and at the Mass. Institute of Technology. In 1916 he went on acivilian naval cruise. On May 23, 1917, he enlisted at Boston, andtrained at the M.I.T. Naval Aviation Ground School (Flight A).From Sept. 15, 1917, to Jan. 10, 1918, he was attached to the U.S.Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Va.; from Jan. 10 to Feb. 26,to the U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. He was commis-sioned Ensign on Feb. 26, 1918. He was ordered overseas, andfrom April 1 to June 10, 1918, was stationed at Moutchic-Lacanau,France. Ensign Greely was then transferred to the U.S. Naval AirForces in Italy, where he served from June 10 to Oct. 25, 1918, andqualified as Italian Military Aviator (Brevetto Superiore), July 4,1918. From Oct. 25 until Nov. 18 he was attached to the NorthernBombing Group, in France. After the signi

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