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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
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at Harvard College, class of 1915. He served two years in the Home Guard of Lowell, Mass., andattended the Plattsburg Training Camp in 1916 and 1917. Heenlisted at Plattsburg on May 12, 1917; trained at Fort Sill,Okla., Aug. to Sept., 1917; was stationed at Camp Devens, Co. A,303d Infantry, from Oct., 1917, to April, 1918; he was StatisticalRange Officer at Still River, Mass., from April to July, 1918. He wentoverseas with the 76th Division, but was transferred to the AviationService in France in Sept., 1918. He trained at St.-Maixent, Campde Songe, Bordeaux, Tours, and at Chatillon-sur-Seine. He wasStudent Aerial Observer from Sept., 1918, to Jan., 1919; graduatedfrom 2d Corps Aeronautical School, A.E.F., Jan. 25, 1919. He wascommissioned 2d Lieut., Aug. 10, 1918; Military Observer, Feb. 1,1919. He was assigned to the Army of Occupation. In April,1919, he returned to the U.S., and was honorably discharged May2, 1919. Brother in Service: Augustine S. Francis, Ensign, U.S. Navy.( 408 )
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RAY BAXTER BROWN Second Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of Richard Baxter and Ruth Abbie (Emerson) Brown; wasborn at Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 25, 1892. He was educated at theHaverhill High School; Phillips Exeter Academy; Brown Univer-sity, 1913-14; Harvard College, 1914-17. He trained with the Har-vard Regiment in 1916-17, and attended the First Officers Train-ing Camp at Plattsburg. He enlisted on May 8, 1917, and enteredthe Air Service in July, 1917. From Oct. to Dec. 8, 1917, he at-tended the Ground School, M.I.T., and was then sent to ParkField, Memphis, Tenn., from Dec. 15, 1917, to March 29, 1918.He was commissioned 2d Lieut., A.S.A., U.S.A., March 30, 1918. From April 15 to May 1, Lieut. Brown was at Camp Dick, Dallas,Tex.; and on May 5 was ordered to Ellington Field, Houston, Tex.He attended the Aerial Gunnery School at Taliaferro Field, FortWorth, Tex., from Oct. 11 to Oct. 26, 1918. He received overseasorders Nov. 11, 1918, which were at once recalled. He was hon-orably discha

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