File:New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records (1919) (14576602599).jpg

English: First Lieutenant Walter Amory, R.A.F., Fourth Squadron. Son of Copley and Mary (Russell) Amory; was born at Walpole, N.H., in June, 1899. He attended the Groton School, Groton, Mass., and in Aug., 1917, soon after passing his 18th birthday, enlisted in the Royal Air Force, Canada, being too young to enter the U.S. Air Service. He passed his examinations successfully and was sent to Fort Worth, Tex., where he was kept as Instructor until March, 1918. He was commissioned 2d Lieut, in Jan., 1918, and in April was commissioned 1st Lieut, and given his wings. He sailed overseas in April, 1918, and continued his training in England, being in a serious crash in June, which disabled him for over two months. Upon his recovery in Sept., 1918, he was sent to France attached to the 4th Squadron, R.A.F., and entered active service at the front. On Oct. 30 he flew over the enemy’s lines, after a skirmish in which one of his friends was shot; in a vain endeavor to aid his friend, Lieut. Amory was himself wounded in the leg, and his machine brought down in Belgium, where he was captured. He was reported “missing” on Nov. 7, but two weeks later his family received word, through the British Red Cross, that he was alive and in a hospital. His recovery was retarded as his wounded leg was neglected and dressed in paper bandages while he was with the Germans, at Aix. After the Armistice he was taken to a British hospital, and late in Dec. carried to England, where he is waiting to recuperate before returning overseas. Brothers in Service — Copley Amory, Jr., Lieut., U.S.A.; John Forbes Amory, Private, U.S.A. (Both in active fighting, severely wounded, Sept. 28, 1918.)

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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