. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ct. 31, 1918, he was officiallyreported Missing in action near Bantheville, after one of themost important air battles of the year. For his heroic action in thisengagement he was posthumously awarded the Not untilApril 29, 1919, was the fact of his death fully established. A letterfrom the American Military Mission in Berlin bearing that datestates definitely that Lieut. Beane was killed in action on Oct. 30,1918, and that he was buried near the place where he fell. W. Zinn, of the Air Service, reported that h
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ct. 31, 1918, he was officiallyreported Missing in action near Bantheville, after one of themost important air battles of the year. For his heroic action in thisengagement he was posthumously awarded the Not untilApril 29, 1919, was the fact of his death fully established. A letterfrom the American Military Mission in Berlin bearing that datestates definitely that Lieut. Beane was killed in action on Oct. 30,1918, and that he was buried near the place where he fell. W. Zinn, of the Air Service, reported that he was buried twokilometres east of Brieulles-sur-Bar. For extraordinary heroism in action near Bantheville, France, Oct. 29,1918. When Lieut. Beanes patrol was attacked by eight enemy planes(Fokker type) he dived into their midst in order to divert their attentionfrom the other machines of his group and shot down one of the Fokkers inflames. Four other Fokkers then joined in the battle, one of which wasalso destroyed by this officer. (Signed) Pershing [ 14 ]. ROBERT HEWINS STILES First Lieutenant, , , Thirteenth Aero SquadronSecond Pursuit GroupKilled in action, Sept. 16, 1918Son of Walter F. and Annette L. (Hewins) Stiles; was born atFitchburg, Mass., Nov. 15, 1894. He attended the public schoolsof Fitchburg and graduated in 1916 from Harvard College, wherehe was prominent in many associations. He was on the editorialboard of the Crimson; its managing editor in 1915, and presidentof the board of editors in 1916. He was a member of the freshmanbaseball squad, and manager of the Varsity baseball team in 1916;also president of the freshman Mandolin and Banjo Club. Aftergraduation he became commission sales agent for a well-knowntextile firm, and was doing a very successful business at the timeof his enlistment. In the summer of 1916 he attended the Harvard Aviation Schoolat Buffalo, , where he obtained an aviators license. In June,1917, he enlisted at Boston,
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