. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . flying,got to Treves (Trier), where I landed for gas and oil at a field, for-merly a Zeppelin base, with a huge hangar, big enough for one hundredaeroplanes. . Started off again at 3 up the Moselle. A wonderfulvalley, but its huge hills, canyons, and mountains made it dangerous fly-ing. But the day was perfect and my motor, too, and I had no trouble atall. Passed over many world-famous Rhine castles and hundreds of townsalong the river. A really great experience! Landed at Coblenz , anhour later, where the Rhin
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . flying,got to Treves (Trier), where I landed for gas and oil at a field, for-merly a Zeppelin base, with a huge hangar, big enough for one hundredaeroplanes. . Started off again at 3 up the Moselle. A wonderfulvalley, but its huge hills, canyons, and mountains made it dangerous fly-ing. But the day was perfect and my motor, too, and I had no trouble atall. Passed over many world-famous Rhine castles and hundreds of townsalong the river. A really great experience! Landed at Coblenz , anhour later, where the Rhine and Moselle join, as you can see on a in the heart of Prussia, and Germans all about us, civilians, chil-dren, and militaries. Seems a different world, and impossible for a citylike this to be absolutely dominated by an army of khaki! Brothers in Service — Leon M. Adams, 2d Class Seaman, Lincoln D. Adams, 2d Class Seaman, in Service — James P. Adams, Private, 7th Regt, Volunteers, CivilWar. Died in Service. [ 164 ]. JOHN F. McNAMARA Lieutenant, Son of Eugene T. and Mary Agnes (McCarthy) McNamara, ofArlington, Mass.; was born at Somerville, Mass., April 3, was educated at the Cambridge High and Latin Schools, andat Boston College. He entered Service at end of freshman year. He enlisted on April 28, 1917, at Boston, and was sent to Pen-sacola, Fla., for training. He was commissioned Ensign Dec. 21,1917, sailed overseas in Jan., 1918, and was stationed for threemonths at the Royal Naval Air Station at Portland, Eng. Whileoperating there, on scout duty, he bombed and sunk a submarine,being the first American naval aviator to accomplish this feat. Hewas commissioned Lieut, (), April L 1918. He was transferredto the Royal Air Station at Felixstowe, Eng., where he remaineduntil Aug., when he was attached to the Air Station, at Kill-ingholme; subsequently he was ordered to the Air Station atWexford, Ireland,
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