. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ly 14, and onJuly 5 was attached to the 13th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group,with which he went to the front in the Toul sector. On Sept. 29, 1918, during the Argonne offensive, Lieut. Richardswas brought down, wounded in action, and was sent to the reported for duty on Nov. 26, and served as Flight Commander,13th Squadron, from Dec. 18, 1918, to Jan. 4, 1919. He was hon-orably discharged on April 7, 1919, at , France, and re-turned to the Inactive Status: Capt. in Reserve; per letterWar Dept., Jun
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ly 14, and onJuly 5 was attached to the 13th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group,with which he went to the front in the Toul sector. On Sept. 29, 1918, during the Argonne offensive, Lieut. Richardswas brought down, wounded in action, and was sent to the reported for duty on Nov. 26, and served as Flight Commander,13th Squadron, from Dec. 18, 1918, to Jan. 4, 1919. He was hon-orably discharged on April 7, 1919, at , France, and re-turned to the Inactive Status: Capt. in Reserve; per letterWar Dept., June, 1919, Lieut. Richards designed the insignia ofhis Squadron. Married, May 16, 1919, at Paris, France, Edith L. Armstrong. From the Commander in Chief, , for conspicuous and especiallymeritorious service. First Lieutenant Earle F. Richards, , , Pilot, 13th AeroSquadron, 2d Pursuit Group, is hereby credited with the destruction, incombat, of two enemy Pfalz, in the region of Cormsy, at 4000 metres alti-tude, on Sept. 14, 1919, at oclock. [ 24 ]. DAVID W. HOWE First Lieutenant, , , Thirteenth Aero SquadronSecond Pursuit Group Son of Willard B. and Annie B. Howe; was born in Burlington,Vt., June 22, 1892. He was educated at the Burlington High School,graduating in 1910; and at the University of Vermont, 1914,where he was a member of Sigma Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Fra-ternities. He trained for two years in the student battalion of theUniversity of Vermont. He enlisted at New York on May 12, 1917, and attended theFirst Plattsburg Officers Camp, from May 12 to June 25, then trained at the Ground School, June to Aug., 1917;and at Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, , Aug. to Oct., 1917. OnNov. 2, with a 1st commission, dating from Nov. 3, 1917,he sailed overseas, and was in training at the 3d , Issoudun,France, from Dec. to March, 1918. In March and April he wasstationed at the Ecole de Tir Aerienne, Cazaux; and acted asferry
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