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English: ROBERT TREAT WHITEHOUSE, Jr., Ensign, U.S.N.R.F.C., U.S.N. Am Station, Le Croisic, France Son of Robert Treat and Florence (Brooks) Whitehouse; was born at Portland, Me., Jan. 10, 1897. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, and at Harvard College. At college he was a member of the 1919 cross-country team, and belonged to the Harvard R.O.T.C. During his sophomore year he enlisted at Newport, R.I., on May 11, 1917, in the U.S. Naval Reserve, for active duty on patrol boats. On Oct. 1, 1917, he was transferred to Naval Aviation, and assigned to the Ground School, M.I.T., with Flight 6. On Dec. 1, 1917, he was sent to the Naval Air Station, at Hampton Roads, Va., forflying instruction. He was later ordered to Pensacola, Fla., for further training. He was commissioned Ensign, N.R.F.C., on Feb. 12, 1918, and sailed overseas in March. He was then assigned to the Naval AirStation at Moutchic-Lacanau, France, for a four months course on seaplane piloting and bombing. Subsequently he was transferred to the Naval Air Station at Le Croisic, on the northwest coast ofFrance, at the mouth of the Loire River, near St.-Nazaire, the port at which a large portion of the American troops disembarked. Here he was on active submarine patrol duty from July 11 to Dec. 12, 1918, as seaplane pilot, flying the (French) Tellier type of seaplane, convoying Allied ships, patrolling, and bombing submarines. He returned to the U.S. on Dec. 24, 1918, and was placed on inactive duty in the U.S. Naval Air Force, Jan. 9, 1919. He then completed his course at Harvard College. Brother in Service — William Penn Whitehouse, 2d Lieut. U.S.N.A.F., Chief Pilot, U.S. Naval Air Station, Paimboeuf, France. (pp. 304-305)

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
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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n. He was later ordered to Pensacola, Fla., forfurther training. He was commissioned Ensign, N.R.F.C., on Feb. 12, 1918, andsailed overseas in March. He was then assigned to the Naval AirStation at Moutchic-Lacanau, France, for a four months course onseaplane piloting and bombing. Subsequently he was transferred tothe Naval Air Station at Le Croisic, on the northwest coast ofFrance, at the mouth of the Loire River, near St.-Nazaire, the portat which a large portion of the American troops disembarked. Herehe was on active submarine patrol duty from July 11 to Dec. 12, 1918, as seaplane pilot, flying the (French) Tellier type of seaplane,convoying Allied ships, patrolling, and bombing submarines. Hereturned to the U.S. on Dec. 24, 1918, and was placed on inactiveduty in the U.S. Naval Air Force, Jan. 9, 1919. He then completedhis course at Harvard College. Brother in Service — William Penn Whitehouse, 2d Lieut. U.S.N.A.F., Chief Pilot,U.S. Naval Air Station, Paimboeuf, France. ( 304 )
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ALBERT CUSHING READ Lieutenant-Commander, NC 4, A.S., U.S.N. Son of the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph B. Read; was born at Lyme, N.H.,in 1887. He attended the public schools at Lyme, and later theWhitman High School, Whitman, Mass., from which he graduatedin 1903. He was immediately appointed to the Naval Academy atAnnapolis, and graduated with high honors. As an Ensign, he saw considerable service on various battleshipsand cruisers. In 1908 he was sent to the Pacific Station, servingthere until 1911, when he was ordered home from Nagasaki, Japan.In July, 1915, when interest in Aviation was being stimulated bythe Great War, he was sent to the aeronautical station at Pensa-cola, Fla., for a course in Aviation. At that time he held the rank ofLieut. In May, 1916, he was detached from the Aviation Service andsent to the battleship North Carolina, but he was ordered back toair work again in June, 1917, when he was placed in charge of theAir Station at Bay Shore, N.Y.; he was then a Lieut.-Commande

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