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Identifier: NewEnglandaviatVol1Tick (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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a mechanic asked him togo up with him to test a certain airship. When 4000 feet high, bothwings fell from the plane, and were found later a city block apart.The Government stopped at once the use of all ships of that make.It is supposed that the steel pins were removed and wooden onessubstituted by some one sympathizing with the enemy. Lieut. Buck was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London,Conn. The Government showed every possible honor on the occa-sion. Five airships, driven by officers whom Lieut. Buck had in-structed, flew above the train for 30 miles out of San Antonio,dropping flowers on the coach. A full military funeral was held atNew London, by order of the Kelly Field Commander. An airshiphovered over the cortege, and dropped flowers into the grave ofthe aviator. Married, April 26, 1918, Mab Casey, of San Antonio, Texas. Brother in Service — Willis L. Buck, entered Hydroplane Service as soon as possibleafter his brothers death. Assigned to M.I.T. for training. ( 292 )
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GORDON STEWART Cadet, A.S., U.S.A., Second Aviation Instruction CentreTours, France Died in Service, Jan. 9, 1918 Son of Edward J. and Helena (Felt) Stewart, of Brookline, Mass.;born in Millis, Mass., March 15, 1896. He was educated at theBrookline High School, Chauncy Hall School, Boston, and at theMass. Institute of Technology. He was an all-round athlete; cox-swain of the high school crew for two years, and captain in 1915,when the crew won the interscholastic cup; a member of the swim-ming team for three years; member of the gymnasium team, win-ning two medals from the Harvard Interscholastic GymnasiumAssociation. He was prominent in various branches of sport atChauncy Hall, and held the Greater Boston interscholastic divingchampionship for two years. He was a member of Sigma AlphaEpsilon Fraternity at Tech. Immediately after the declaration of war, Stewart left the M.I.T.to enlist, with his brother Theodore, in the American AmbulanceField Service, reaching France aboard the first

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