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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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the Toul sector. On Sept. 12, 1918, he was leading a flight on the St.-Mihielsector on a mission to strafe the infantry back of the German lines, when his motor was hit by machine-gun fire over the third-line trenches. The Germans continued shooting after the engine had stopped, riddling the plane with rifle and machine-gun bullets.They concentrated fire after the machine had been abandoned,while Lieut. Woods was making way to cover on foot, until he was captured by German infantrymen. About Sept. 29 a note dropped over the aerodrome by German flyers stated that Lieut. Woods had been killed. He was given up by his Squadron, but later was reported a prisoner of war. He was confined successively in six German prison camps, suffering hard treatment until he reached Villingen, where there was Red Cross Service. He was released on Nov. 29, 1918, and sent by train through Switzerland with other captured officers. Lieut. Woods was honorably discharged on Feb. 5, 1919, atGarden City, N.Y.
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CHESTER ELLIS WRIGHT First Lieutenant, A.S., U.S.A., Ninety-Third Aero SquadronThird Pursuit Group Son of Richard William and Gertrude (Wesley) Wright; was born at Readville, Mass., Sept. 1, 1897. He attended the schools of Hyde Park, Mass., and spent three years at Harvard College, class of 1918. At the end of his sophomore year, he succeeded in breaking the strength test record for undergraduates, and registering second highest in the University. During the fall of his junior year he was a member of the cross-country team. In Feb., 1917, he left college to train for the Air Service. He enlisted on March 25, 1917, at Fort Monroe, was appointed sergeant and assigned to the Curtiss School, Newport News. In the latter part of May, the school was broken up, and he was transferred to the Ground School, M.I.T. He graduated July 23, and was sent to Essington, Pa., for instruction in flying hydroplanes.On Aug. 25 he was transferred to Chanute Flying Field, Rantoul,111., and completed his R.M.A test

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