New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . el-gian Cavalry. He remained there until the summer of 1915, whenthe ambulance corps disbanded. Hubbard was urged to join theLafayette Escadrille, but decided to go to England and enter theRoyal Flying Corps. He received his commission in the fall, andwent to the front on active duty and remained there until spring. He was then sent back to England to serve as an he was detailed at Coventry, to fly new aeroplanes to Farn-borough, Aviation Headquarters. From there he went to Norwichto test out new machines. He
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . el-gian Cavalry. He remained there until the summer of 1915, whenthe ambulance corps disbanded. Hubbard was urged to join theLafayette Escadrille, but decided to go to England and enter theRoyal Flying Corps. He received his commission in the fall, andwent to the front on active duty and remained there until spring. He was then sent back to England to serve as an he was detailed at Coventry, to fly new aeroplanes to Farn-borough, Aviation Headquarters. From there he went to Norwichto test out new machines. He then went to the Military School atChrist Church, Oxford, as Instructor in the Mechanism of Aero-planes. He remained there for about a year, receiving his Cap-taincy there. He then went to assist in establishing an aerodrome atDenham, near London, where he was brevetted Major. In the sum-mer of 1918 he was sent to Prawles Point, South Devon, to estab-lish a Coast Patrol. Father in Service: Charles Eustis Hubbard, Company A, 45thMass. Volunteers Civil War. [ 264 ]. MELVIN STORY DICKINSON Second Lieutenant, Royal Air Force Son of David Taggart and Carrie N. (Story) Dickinson; was bornat Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 11, 1895. He was educated at the Cam-bridge Latin School, and at Harvard College, class of 1918. Atcollege he won his numerals in his freshman year in the high jump. He went to Toronto, Can., in Sept., 1917, to join the Royal AirForce; attended training camps at Long Branch, Camp Borden,and the School of Aeronautics at Burwash. In Jan., 1918, his train-ing in flying began at Fort Worth, Tex., Camp Taliaferro, and Ben-brook. In March, 1918, he sailed overseas with the Royal Air Force,and finished his training at Scampton Aerodrome, Lincoln, andShrewsbury. He was commissioned 2d Lieut, in July, 1918. AtScampton he was recommended for a Bristol fighter. On account ofhis excess height (he is 6 feet, 7 inches tall), he was sent to Shrews-bury for Bristol bombing-machine training.
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