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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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n hetransferred to the Aviation Service. He trained at the GroundSchool, Austin, Tex.; and on Oct. 8, 1918, qualified as R.M.A., atKelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. At Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., hereceived training as Army Corps Pilot; and in aerial gunnery, atTaliaferro Field, Fort Worth, Tex., where he was honorably dis-charged, Jan. 6, 1919. GEORGE B. CUTTS Second Lieutenant, A.S., U.S.A. He attended the First Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg. Hewas commissioned 2d Lieut., Field Artillery; resigned his com-mission to enter the Aviation Service, and attended the M.I.T.Ground School for three months. He continued his training atKelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., where he was commissioned2d Lieut., A.S.M.A. He was transferred to Taylor Field, Mont-gomery, Ala., and served as Instructor for seven months. He wasordered to Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La., where he spent amonth training at the advanced bombing school. He was preparedto go overseas when the Armistice was signed. ( 466 )
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WILLIAM FRANK BAKER, Jr. First Lieutenant, A.S., U.S.A., Ninety-First Squadron Son of William Frank and Mary T. Baker, of Dorchester, Mass.;was born March 7, 1889. He was educated in the public schools ofDorchester, and at the Missouri School of Mines; at college heplayed baseball and football. On May 28, 1917, he enlisted atCambridge, Mass., and entered the M.I.T. Ground School, June 2,graduating July 29, when he was ordered to Mineola, N.Y. Oncompleting his training there, he was commissioned 1st Lieut.,Dec. 17, 1917. In Jan., 1918, he sailed overseas with the 153dSquadron, and trained in France at Issoudun and at ToUrs. OnAug. 15, 1918, he was attached to the 91st Squadron, and took anactive part in the St.-Mihiel and Argonne offensives. Lieut. Bakersduties, as a long-distance reconnaissance pilot and observer, wereto secure information of enemy fortifications, ammunition dumps,troop movements, airdromes, and artillery activity, and also tophotograph the same; such missions often e

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