New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . l 16, 1917, he enlisted for four years, at Boston; re-ported at Mineola, , on April 23, and completed his on July 3. He was commissioned 1st Lieut. Aviation Section, July 18, 1917, On. July 25, he was sent to Mt. Clemens,Mich., for further instruction. He was on active duty with flyingstatus orders from Aug. 11, 1917. On Oct. 25, he was ordered over-seas as Supply Officer attached to the 8th Aero Squadron. He sailedon Nov. 22, arriving in England on Dec, 8. He was immediatelydetached from the Squadron a
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . l 16, 1917, he enlisted for four years, at Boston; re-ported at Mineola, , on April 23, and completed his on July 3. He was commissioned 1st Lieut. Aviation Section, July 18, 1917, On. July 25, he was sent to Mt. Clemens,Mich., for further instruction. He was on active duty with flyingstatus orders from Aug. 11, 1917. On Oct. 25, he was ordered over-seas as Supply Officer attached to the 8th Aero Squadron. He sailedon Nov. 22, arriving in England on Dec, 8. He was immediatelydetached from the Squadron and attached to the Royal FlyingCorps. The greater part of the next seven months he spent in threedifferent hospitals with pleuro-pneumonia and mastoiditis. InOct., 1918, being discharged as physically fit he resumed flyingduties. At London Colney, Herts, Eng., he learned to fly SE 5.(combat) machines, and was on duty at that station as a scoutpilot when the Armistice was signed. Lieut. Trainer was honorablydischarged on Dec. 28, 1918, at Garden City, [ 342 ]. CHARLES LAKEMAN WARD Second Lieutenant, , , Student OfficerLove Field, Dallas, Texas Son of Charles W. and Mabel (Brace) Ward; was born in Brook-line, Mass., Dec. 3, 1895. He was educated at the Browne andNichols School, Cambridge, at Brookline High School, and atHarvard College, 1917. He was on his class football and soccerteams; and played on the Love Field football team, while in Service. He attended the Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg in 1916,and trained with Harvard in 1917. He enlisted at Bostonin April, 1917, and attended the 1st Officers Training Camp atPlattsburg from May to Aug., 1917. He was appointed to the 301stMass. Infantry with the commission of 2d Lieut, on Aug. 15, 1917;and trained at Camp Devens, Mass., until March, 1918. He wasstationed at Aviation Ground School, Austin, Tex., from Marchto May, 1918, detached from Service for instruction as a pilot. Heattended Princeton
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