. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . tsburg, where he was recom-mended for the Aviation Service. He trained at the Ground Schoolat Princeton, , graduating March 16, 1918. He was thenordered to Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., where he remained for fiveweeks; he was then transferred to Love Field. On May 1, 1918, hemade his first flight, and continued to fly as Cadet, until Aug. 14,1918, when he was commissioned 2d Lieut., , He re-mained at Love Field, Dallas, Tex., until Nov., 1918, when he wassent to Garden City, , to await transport overseas, but d
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . tsburg, where he was recom-mended for the Aviation Service. He trained at the Ground Schoolat Princeton, , graduating March 16, 1918. He was thenordered to Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex., where he remained for fiveweeks; he was then transferred to Love Field. On May 1, 1918, hemade his first flight, and continued to fly as Cadet, until Aug. 14,1918, when he was commissioned 2d Lieut., , He re-mained at Love Field, Dallas, Tex., until Nov., 1918, when he wassent to Garden City, , to await transport overseas, but didnot sail, owing to the signing of the Armistice. He was honorablydischarged at Garden City, , in Dec, 1918. DANIEL W. POWDERLY First Lieutenant, , He enlisted in the Aviation Service, in Dec, 1917, and trained atCornell University, Ithaca, ; at Chanute Field, Rantoul, 111.;and at Payne Field, West Point, Miss. He was then sent to a con-centration camp at Long Island, preparatory to sailing for sailed overseas on Oct. 26, 1918. [ 474 ]. * WILLIAM G. SPRAGUE Ensign, in seaplane accident, Oct. 26, 1918 Born at Chicago, 111., July 13, 1893. He attended the Universityof Michigan for two years, and graduated from the in joined the Naval Aviation Detachment at the ; MotorInspection Division, Jan. 11, 1917. He was transferred to theNaval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla., and trained there until May,1917. He was commissioned Ensign, sent overseas, and stationedat Paris in Feb., 1918. He was ordered to the Moutchic-LacanauTraining School, and then to the Naval Air Station, lie Tudy,France, in Oct. On Oct. 26, 1918, he was killed in a seaplane acci-dent at lie Tudy. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Gold Star, which waspresented at his funeral. [ 476 ] HENRY ALEXANDER MAGNUSON Cadet, , Son of Axel Birger and Hanna Caroline (Johanson) Magnuson; wasborn at Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 15, 1895. He was educ
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