New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . division of flying boats, and soon became aDivision Commander in the F boat squadron. From this duty he waspromoted to be Assistant Patrol Officer, and later to the position of PatrolOfficer, which he held at the time of his death. As Patrol Officer he hadfull charge of all navigation training flights out into the Gulf, and of allrescue work in connection with these flights. He was also in charge of allground instruction in Navigation. His status was commensurate with thatof a Senior Squadron Commander. His classification as t
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . division of flying boats, and soon became aDivision Commander in the F boat squadron. From this duty he waspromoted to be Assistant Patrol Officer, and later to the position of PatrolOfficer, which he held at the time of his death. As Patrol Officer he hadfull charge of all navigation training flights out into the Gulf, and of allrescue work in connection with these flights. He was also in charge of allground instruction in Navigation. His status was commensurate with thatof a Senior Squadron Commander. His classification as to type of pilot wasHS Pilot. I have in official files of the School . a confidential reportto me from the Commander of the Squadron V. The comment made wasfine officer, and was signed by Squadron Commander, Lieut. V. I feel that I knew Laurence well, personally, and can say without hes-itation or reservation that he was one of the most liked and admiredofficers of the Seaplane School. Brother in Service — Melville F. Cate, Ensign, [ 374 ]. *ROBERT FITZGERALD CLARK Ensign, Naval Reserve Flying CorpsKilled in airplane accident, Aug. 21, 1918Son of Robert Jones and Harriet (FitzGerald) Clark; was born atDedham, Mass., on Sept. 13, 1898. He was educated at the Nobleand Greenough School, Boston, and at Harvard College, class of1920. He attended the Officers Training Camp at Plattsburg in 1916,and the Harvard in 1917. In April, 1917, he enlisted inthe Naval Reserve Flying Corps; enrolled May 9, Quartermaster,1st class (Aviation). On June 27 he was sent to Pensacola, Fla.,where he was in training for six months; there he was commissionedEnsign, , Class 5, on Dec. 17, 1917. He sailed overseas Jan. 13, 1918, and on arrival in Englandwas assigned to duty with the Royal Naval Air Service, and forsix months served at different stations on the English coast, amongthem, Westgate, Portland, and Felixstowe. On July 17, 1918, hewas detached and o
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