New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . at Issoudun (secon-dary training) from July 15 to Sept. 6; and at Clermont-Ferrand(final training as bomber) from Sept. 7 to Oct. 1. He was assignedto the 96th Aero Squadron, 1st Day Bombardment Group, at Mau-lan on Oct. 9,1918. With his observer, Howard C. Binley, he bombedVillers-devant-Dun, Bayonville, Brequency,Damvillers, Tailly, andStenay. On three of these trips his plane was struck. His total timespent in bombing was 760 minutes. He was commissioned 1st Lieut, on May 13, 1918. He was dis-charged from the Air Service at
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . at Issoudun (secon-dary training) from July 15 to Sept. 6; and at Clermont-Ferrand(final training as bomber) from Sept. 7 to Oct. 1. He was assignedto the 96th Aero Squadron, 1st Day Bombardment Group, at Mau-lan on Oct. 9,1918. With his observer, Howard C. Binley, he bombedVillers-devant-Dun, Bayonville, Brequency,Damvillers, Tailly, andStenay. On three of these trips his plane was struck. His total timespent in bombing was 760 minutes. He was commissioned 1st Lieut, on May 13, 1918. He was dis-charged from the Air Service at the Air Service Depot, Garden City,, on Feb. 3, 1919. Citation Extract 15. First Lieutenant H. Briggs, W. H. Moreland, and H. C. Binleyand Second Lieutenant W. R. Maynard, 96th Aero Squadron, 1st DayBombardment Group, are hereby credited with the destruction in combatof an enemy Fokker in the region between Verdun and Damvillers, at3600 metres altitude, on October 29th, 1918, at oclock. Brother in Service —Russell Briggs, Cadet, , [ 164 ]. RUSSELL BRIGGS Cadet, , Son of Charles P. and Gertrude (Russell) Briggs, of Lexington,Mass.; was born in Lexington on Aug. 14, 1894. He was educatedat the Berkshire School, from which he graduated in 1914, and atHarvard College, graduating in 1918. He belonged to the He enlisted in Boston on Jan. 5, 1918, and was sent toKelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. He was honorably discharged fromthe Service at Kelly Field, on Nov. 29, 1918.(Portrait on opposite page.) Brother in Service — Henry Briggs, 1st Lieut., , , 96th Aero Squadron. DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN First Lieutenant, , , Ninety-Sixth AeroSquadron, First Day Bombardment Group Son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Buchanan, of North Adams, Mass.;was born at Lowell, Mass., Aug. 12, 1896. He was educated at theLowell High School, and at the Mass. Institute of Technology. Hewas a member of the Lowell High track team, and of the Varsitytr
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