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English: First Lieutenant George Clarke Whiting, A.S., U.S.A., 43rd Pursuit Squadron, R.A.F.; 148th Pursuit Squadron, U.S.; Flight Commander. Born in Boston, Mass. on January 28, 1894 and was one of the Harvard group of 17 men who learned to fly in 1916 at the Wright Aeronautical School in Mineola, Long Island, N. Y., then offered their services to the U. S. government, believing the war was imminent, three of whom were accepted into the U. S. Naval Aviation and the remainder were accepted into the U. S. Army Air Service. Whiting learned to fly on a Wright model B machine under instructor Rinehart at Mineola, N. Y. and made his first solo flight prior to August 25, 1916. He was later picked to receive advanced training under the Royal Flying Corps in England, where he was rated a Military Pilot under the R.F.C.

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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Commissioned 1st Lieut., and on March 12 crossed to France, attached to the 43d Squadron, R.A.F., as flying officer, one of the first three to cross from English schools. He remained with the 43d until July 1, 1918, operating from the aerodromes of La Gorge, Avesnes, Le Compt, Fouquerelle, Lietre. On July 1 Lieut. Whiting was transferred to the 148th American Air Squadron at Dunkirk, acting as Flight Commander, and operating successively from Dunkirk, Allonville, Ramasmill, and Albert. This was a Pursuit Squadron which acted in cooperation with the R.A.F. and was under British command. Lieut. Whiting was in active service with this Squadron until Oct. 4, 1918, when he was shot down, and was admitted to General Hospital No. 14, at Boulogne. From the General Hospital he went to Issoudun for the Medical Board, and inspected the school while there. He then received orders to return to the U.S. On Feb. 4, 1918, he was honorably discharged at Washington, D.C. Married, Oct. 4, 1917, Martha Clay.
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* EDMUND GRAHAM TART First Lieutenant, R.A.F., Eighty-Fifth Bombing SquadronGroup NineKilled in airplane accident, May 31, 1918 Son of Edmund and Margaret (McNab) Tart, of Everett, Mass.;was born in Montreal, P.Q., Nov. 28, 1892. He was educated inthe public schools of Chelsea, and graduated from the WentworthInstitute, Boston, with a fine record in mathematics. In athleticshe took two running prizes, for 200 and for 400 yards. He had actedas assistant commissioner of the Everett and Chelsea Boy Scouts.He was in business as an electrical engineer at the time of hisenlistment. He enlisted at Boston, Mass., in the spring of 1917, during Col.Guthries recruiting mission, and left Boston on June 12, 1917, forFrederickton, N.B.; he then trained at Camps Gordon and Rath-bun, at Toronto University, Camp Borden, and Leaside, Can.He was commissioned 2d Lieut., R.A.F., in Nov., 1917, and sailedoverseas. In April, 1918, he was commissioned 1st Lieut., and at-tached to the 85th Squadron, Group 9.

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