. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . s onOstend, Bruges, Zeebrugge, and the various German aerodromesin Belgium, during the summer. On Aug. 15, 1918, while attachedto an American Squadron, he was observer in the first (official)American night bombing plane to cross the lines on the westernfront, en route to a raid on the Ostend docks. While he was carry-ing out a similar raid on Zeebrugge on Aug. 22, Observer Halesmachine crashed and he was slightly wounded. During the autumnof 1918 the 214th Squadron made a number of closely concen-trated raids in connection w
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . s onOstend, Bruges, Zeebrugge, and the various German aerodromesin Belgium, during the summer. On Aug. 15, 1918, while attachedto an American Squadron, he was observer in the first (official)American night bombing plane to cross the lines on the westernfront, en route to a raid on the Ostend docks. While he was carry-ing out a similar raid on Zeebrugge on Aug. 22, Observer Halesmachine crashed and he was slightly wounded. During the autumnof 1918 the 214th Squadron made a number of closely concen-trated raids in connection with army operations in the lines, bomb-ing railroad junctions and ammunition dumps during the retreatfrom Belgium. At the time of the Armistice, Hale was stationedat Maria Aeltre, Belgium. From there he wrote that the most in-teresting experience of all was entering the city of Ghent on theday of its release from the Germans, and receiving the welcome ofthe people of all ages and conditions. He was honorably discharged on Jan. 28, 1919, at HamptonRoads, Va. [ 100 ]. GEORGE CLARKE WHITING First Lieutenant, , , Forty-Third Pursuit Squad-ron, ; One Hundred Forty-Eighth Pursuit Squad-ron, ; Flight Commander Son of Walter Rogers and Gertrude (Clarke) Whiting; was bornin Boston, Mass., Jan. 28, 1894. He was educated at the StoneSchool, Boston, and Harvard University, class of 1917. He rowedon the crew at school and at college, and was a member of theUnion Boat Club crew. In 1916 he was instrumental in formingthe Harvard Flying Corps, with the result that twenty under-graduates and two members of the graduate committee receivedtraining at flying schools and became licensed aviators. On April 17, 1917, he enlisted in the Aviation Section, SignalCorps, at New York, and trained at Miami, Fla., and GroundSchool, Austin, Tex. On Aug. 17, 1917, he sailed overseas with oneof the first detachments of forty-eight aviators, picked fromAmerican flying schools for training in
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