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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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y 26, 1917. On Dec. 15, 1917, he was ordered to Rich Field, Waco, Tex.,where he remained as Asst. O.I.C.F. and Flying Instructor fromDec. 20 to Aug. 25, 1918. He was ordered overseas for training aspilot and sailed for England Sept. 8, 1918. He trained at Issoudunfrom Oct. 1 to 31, and at St.-Jean-des-Monts, American GunnerySchool, from Nov. 1 to 8. He arrived at Toul Nov. 11,1918, and wasassigned to the 4th Pursuit Group. Two days later he was attachedto the 258th Squadron. He returned to New York Jan. 31, 1919,and was honorably discharged at Garden City, N.Y., on Feb. 5,1919. While stationed in Texas, Lieut. Hughes was one of five mem-bers of the escort chosen to fly over the train in which Miss Mar-garet Wilson was travelling; receiving later from her a letter ofappreciation of the escorts remarkable flying. Of this group, con-taining men of unusual skill and experience, three have since beenkilled in accidents. Brother in Service — George F. Hughes, Capt., A.S.A., U.S.A. ( 206 )
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GEORGE F. HUGHES Captain, A.S.A., U.S.A., Twelfth Squadron, FirstObservation Group; Commanding Officer, TwoHundred Fifty-Eighth Aero SquadronSon of William G. and Lucy C. Hughes, of Ossipee, N.H.; was bornat Milton, Mass., Sept. 8, 1892. He attended Milton Academy, andentered Harvard College, class of 1918. He left Harvard to enlist with the Air Service in Boston on April3, 1917. He was stationed at Mineola, N.Y., as Sgt., E.R.C., fromApril 12 to July 6, 1917. He was commissioned 1st Lieut, on July 20,1917, and ordered to Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, O., as FlyingInstructor. On Nov. 1 he was ordered overseas in command of the 12th AeroSquadron, and from Nov. 1 to 30 remained at Garden City, N.Y.,awaiting embarkation orders. He sailed on Dec. 4, 1917, and was stationed at St.-Maixent,France, until Jan. 14, 1918; on Jan. 16 he was transferred to theStaff Field, Chaumont, Headquarters A.E.F., where he remainedwith the 12th Aero Squadron until Jan. 31, when he was relievedof the command o

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  • bookyear:1919
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Ticknor__Caroline__1866_1937__ed
  • booksubject:Biography
  • booksubject:Aeronautics
  • booksubject:World_War__1914_1918
  • bookpublisher:Boston__New_York__Houghton_Mifflin_Company
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