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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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Served in the Civil War; great-great grandfatherserved in the Revolutionary War. GEORGE KINSON BLANCHARD Second Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of George W. and Nellie H. (Forbes) Blanchard ; was bornat East Somerville, Mass., March 23, 1897. He was educatedat Abington High School and Mass. Agricultural College, Am-herst. He played football at high school and on the college team.He enlisted Nov. 16, 1917, at M.I.T., and had ground-school train-ing at M.I.T. and Cornell. He trained for flying at Ellington Field,Houston, Tex., where he was commissioned 2d Lieut, on May 13,1918. He was stationed for a short time at Love Field, Dallas, Tex.,then went to West Point, Miss., for advanced flying. He was orderedoverseas, and sailed from Hoboken in the latter part of Sept., 1918.He finished his training at Issoudun, France. Brother in Service — Carleton Woodman Blanchard, 2d Lieut. A.S.A., U.S.A., Grandfather: Served in the Civil War; great-great grandfatherserved in Revolutionary War. ( 468 )
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ROBERT L. CLEVELAND Second Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of E. C. and Camilla L. (Stedman) Cleveland; was born atNorth Adams, Mass., Feb. 23, 1891. He graduated from DruryHigh School, and from the Fitchburg Normal School. On July 9,1917, he enlisted at M.I.T. Ground School, and was attached toSquadron 9. He received primary flying instructions at Mineola,N.Y., and was then stationed at Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La.,Dec. 20, 1917, to Feb. 27, 1918. On Feb. 14 he was commissioned2d Lieut. March 1 to April 1 he was at Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex.;then transferred to Carruthers Field, Fort Worth, Tex., where hewas stationed April 3 to Oct. 22. There he was Instructor of Acro-batic Flying and had charge of the acrobatic field. At Fort Worthhe was recommended for a Lieutenantcy. On Oct. 28 he reportedat Garden City for overseas service, but failed to get across. OnDec. 14 he was ordered to Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla., wherehe was stationed until he resigned from Service on Jan. 13, 1919.

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