. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . sioned 1st Lieut., and onMarch 12 crossed to France, attached to the 43d Squadron, ,as flying officer, one of the first three to cross from English remained with the 43d until July 1, 1918, operating from theaerodromes of La Gorge, Avesnes, Le Compt, Fouquerelle, Lietre. On July 1 Lieut. Whiting was transferred to the 148th AmericanAir Squadron at Dunkirk, acting as Flight Commander, and oper-ating successively from Dunkirk, Allonville, Ramasmill, and Al-bert. This was a Pursuit Squadron which acted in coope
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . sioned 1st Lieut., and onMarch 12 crossed to France, attached to the 43d Squadron, ,as flying officer, one of the first three to cross from English remained with the 43d until July 1, 1918, operating from theaerodromes of La Gorge, Avesnes, Le Compt, Fouquerelle, Lietre. On July 1 Lieut. Whiting was transferred to the 148th AmericanAir Squadron at Dunkirk, acting as Flight Commander, and oper-ating successively from Dunkirk, Allonville, Ramasmill, and Al-bert. This was a Pursuit Squadron which acted in cooperation withthe and was under British command. Lieut. Whiting wasin active service with this Squadron until Oct. 4, 1918, when hewas shot down, and was admitted to General Hospital No. 14, atBoulogne. From the General Hospital he went to Issoudun for theMedical Board, and inspected the school while there. He then re-ceived orders to return to the On Feb. 4, 1918, he was honor-ably discharged at Washington, Married, Oct. 4, 1917, Martha Clay. [ 102 ]. * EDMUND GRAHAM TART First Lieutenant, , Eighty-Fifth Bombing SquadronGroup NineKilled in airplane accident, May 31, 1918 Son of Edmund and Margaret (McNab) Tart, of Everett, Mass.;was born in Montreal, , Nov. 28, 1892. He was educated inthe public schools of Chelsea, and graduated from the WentworthInstitute, Boston, with a fine record in mathematics. In athleticshe took two running prizes, for 200 and for 400 yards. He had actedas assistant commissioner of the Everett and Chelsea Boy was in business as an electrical engineer at the time of hisenlistment. He enlisted at Boston, Mass., in the spring of 1917, during recruiting mission, and left Boston on June 12, 1917, forFrederickton, ; he then trained at Camps Gordon and Rath-bun, at Toronto University, Camp Borden, and Leaside, was commissioned 2d Lieut., , in Nov., 1917, and sailedoverseas. In April, 1918, he was
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