. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ing, I dont intend to be a school teacher for therest of the war. If I dont get to service flying soon, I shall try to get to thefront as a bomber. November 16, 1918 Everybody here is thinking up alibis for, Why I did not get to thefront. It is nt our fault the war stopped. The only difference to us causedby the Armistice is that we are not to fly on Sundays, which perhaps isjust as well, as Sunday has been the day for getting killed . . four lastSunday. Quentin Roosevelt and Hamilton Coolidge were here a long time, andI kne
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ing, I dont intend to be a school teacher for therest of the war. If I dont get to service flying soon, I shall try to get to thefront as a bomber. November 16, 1918 Everybody here is thinking up alibis for, Why I did not get to thefront. It is nt our fault the war stopped. The only difference to us causedby the Armistice is that we are not to fly on Sundays, which perhaps isjust as well, as Sunday has been the day for getting killed . . four lastSunday. Quentin Roosevelt and Hamilton Coolidge were here a long time, andI knew them very well. They were in my class at college, as you may re-member. They were fine fellows. Ham had gotten several Bodies, I under-stand, and had been made a Captain. We continue flying, when weather permits, and I am glad that I changedover from Nieuports to the de Haviland machines. The latter are easy tolearn, but give one more work to manoeuvre at high speed. Have just leda formation in a cross-country trip, and that keeps one busy every minute. [ 204 ]. HERBERT FRANKLIN COMSTOCK Second Lieutenant, , Son of John Moore and Persis (Dearborn) Comstock; was born atChelsea, Vt., Feb. 12, 1893. He was educated at the Chelsea, Vt.,High School; Manual Training High School, New Haven, Conn.;Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, ; and at Dartmouth Col-lege, one year, class of 1915. He took part in track athletics, andplayed baseball and basket-ball. He enlisted in the Air Service in Aug., 1917, at Sandusky,Ohio. He trained at the Ground School, and sailed over-seas in Nov., 1917. He spent the following winter in camp at ; training being hindered by lack of planes. In the springand summer of 1918 he completed his training at Chateauroux,and Issoudun. He was commissioned 2d Lieut, on May 18, a month he was assigned to motor transport service; and heserved for some time as Instructor at the Issoudun training so engaged he met
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