. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . n. He was later ordered to Pensacola, Fla., forfurther training. He was commissioned Ensign, , on Feb. 12, 1918, andsailed overseas in March. He was then assigned to the Naval AirStation at Moutchic-Lacanau, France, for a four months course onseaplane piloting and bombing. Subsequently he was transferred tothe Naval Air Station at Le Croisic, on the northwest coast ofFrance, at the mouth of the Loire River, near , the portat which a large portion of the American troops disembarked. Herehe was on active sub
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . n. He was later ordered to Pensacola, Fla., forfurther training. He was commissioned Ensign, , on Feb. 12, 1918, andsailed overseas in March. He was then assigned to the Naval AirStation at Moutchic-Lacanau, France, for a four months course onseaplane piloting and bombing. Subsequently he was transferred tothe Naval Air Station at Le Croisic, on the northwest coast ofFrance, at the mouth of the Loire River, near , the portat which a large portion of the American troops disembarked. Herehe was on active submarine patrol duty from July 11 to Dec. 12, 1918, as seaplane pilot, flying the (French) Tellier type of seaplane,convoying Allied ships, patrolling, and bombing submarines. Hereturned to the on Dec. 24, 1918, and was placed on inactiveduty in the Naval Air Force, Jan. 9, 1919. He then completedhis course at Harvard College. Brother in Service — William Penn Whitehouse, 2d Lieut. , Chief Pilot, Naval Air Station, Paimboeuf, France. [ 304 ]. ALBERT CUSHING READ Lieutenant-Commander, NC 4, , Son of the Rev. and Mrs. Joseph B. Read; was born at Lyme, ,in 1887. He attended the public schools at Lyme, and later theWhitman High School, Whitman, Mass., from which he graduatedin 1903. He was immediately appointed to the Naval Academy atAnnapolis, and graduated with high honors. As an Ensign, he saw considerable service on various battleshipsand cruisers. In 1908 he was sent to the Pacific Station, servingthere until 1911, when he was ordered home from Nagasaki, July, 1915, when interest in Aviation was being stimulated bythe Great War, he was sent to the aeronautical station at Pensa-cola, Fla., for a course in Aviation. At that time he held the rank ofLieut. In May, 1916, he was detached from the Aviation Service andsent to the battleship North Carolina, but he was ordered back toair work again in June, 1917, when he was placed in char
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