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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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vice at Netheravon, Eng., March 13, 1919. APPLETON KING Flight Cadet, Class A, Eighty-Fourth Aero Squadron, R.A.F. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tarrant Putnam King; was born at Milton,Mass., March 15, 1899. He was educated at St. Marks School,Southboro, Mass., and at Harvard College, class of 1921. He enlisted on April 29,1918, in the Royal Air Force, at Toronto,Can. At the time of enlistment he was below the U.S. draft age,and so unable to enlist in the U.S.A. He passed through the JesseKetchum School (the Recruits Depot at Toronto), on May 4, theCamp of Discipline and Instruction at Long Branch, Ontario, onJune 16. He trained at the School of Aeronautics, at the Universityof Toronto (Aerial Navigation); and at the School of Armament,at Hamilton, Ont.; concluding his training at the Flying Camp atLake Mohawk, Deseronto, Ont., where he secured a pilots certifi-cate, and was assigned to the 84th Aero Squadron. He was honor-ably discharged with the rank of Flying Cadet, on Dec. 19, 1918. ( 406 )
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CHARLES FRANCIS NASON Second Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of Frederic A. and Susie M. (Tuttle) Nason; was born atIpswich, Mass., Jan. 7, 1896. He was educated at the Ipswich HighSchool and at the Boston University Law School. He enlisted in the 8th Mass. Infantry Band, on May 18, 1917,and was transferred to the Air Service, Feb. 20, 1918. He took hisground-school training at Ohio State University, and work inprimary and advanced flying, at Ellington Field, Houston, Tex.Subsequently he attended the San Leon Gunnery School, Dickin-son, Tex. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., Oct. 23, 1918, and wasawaiting assignment to overseas squadron, on Nov. 11, 1918. He was honorably discharged at Ellington Field, Jan. 3, 1919. Brother in Service — Myron F. Nason, Musician, 102d F.A. Band, 26th Division. THAYER FRANCIS Second Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.S.A., Observer Son of Dr. George H. and Elaina (Thayer) Francis; was born atBrookline, Mass., Aug. 10, 1894. He was educated at the Noble andGreenough Sc

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