New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . s again transferred to the little military cemeterybetween Beaumont and Letanne. Citations (General Orders, No. 27) November 17, 1918 First Lieutenants S. P. Mandell, John T. Willis, Jr., and Gardner and Second Lieutenant L. P. Koepfgen, 20th Aero Squadron, FirstDay Bombardment Group are hereby credited with the distinction, incombat, of an enemy Fokker, in the region southwest of Montmedy at12,000 feet altitude, on November 4, 1918 at oclock. By order of Col. MillingU. C. ShermanLieut. Col. , , Ch
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . s again transferred to the little military cemeterybetween Beaumont and Letanne. Citations (General Orders, No. 27) November 17, 1918 First Lieutenants S. P. Mandell, John T. Willis, Jr., and Gardner and Second Lieutenant L. P. Koepfgen, 20th Aero Squadron, FirstDay Bombardment Group are hereby credited with the distinction, incombat, of an enemy Fokker, in the region southwest of Montmedy at12,000 feet altitude, on November 4, 1918 at oclock. By order of Col. MillingU. C. ShermanLieut. Col. , , Chief of Staff (General Orders, No. 29) November 21, 1918 Extract The Army Air Service Commander First Army cites the followingofficers and men for exceptional devotion to duty. First Lieutenant S. P. Mandell, , , as Pilot of the 20th AeroSquadron, First Day Bombardment Group, participated in every raidmade by the squadron in the Argonne-Meuse sector during October, 1918. By order of Col. MillingU. C. ShermanLieut. Col , , Chief of Staff [ 150 ]. DONALD D. WARNER First Lieutenant, , , Ninety-Sixth Aero SquadronFirst Day Bombardment Group Son of Clyde Longyear and Caroline Eunice Warner, of Swamp-scott, Mass., was born in Rochester, , Feb. 25, 1895. He grad-uated from the English High School in 1914, and attended ,class of 1918, three years; leaving to enlist at the end of his junioryear, July 16, 1917, at Cambridge. He received ground school training at , graduating in Oct.,1917, and was sent immediately with others of his class overseas,sailing Nov. 2, 1917. He trained as a bomber at Clermont-Ferrand,France, and at the Aerial Gunnery School, Cazaux, France. Fin-ishing his training in April, 1918, he was at once ordered to thefront, where he was commissioned 1 st Lieut., May 18,1918, U. S., A. S.,and was later attached to the 96th Aero Squadron, 1st AmericanBombardment Group. Lieut. Warner participated in frequent bombing raids, and d
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