New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . orce. On Aug. 9 Lieut. Wright was sent to Squadron 218, Royal AirForce, , where he reported for duty, with 2d Lieut. CharlesA. Needham detailed as his observer. At 5 next morning hewas ready to fly over the lines on a bombing-attack against thesubmarine docks and harbor at Ostend, which was situated at thattime fifteen miles behind the Hun lines. On Aug. 10 his record shows him to have dropped 8 25-poundbombs on the mole at Zeebrugge. He was also credited with tworaids against the submarine base at Bruges, where he
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . orce. On Aug. 9 Lieut. Wright was sent to Squadron 218, Royal AirForce, , where he reported for duty, with 2d Lieut. CharlesA. Needham detailed as his observer. At 5 next morning hewas ready to fly over the lines on a bombing-attack against thesubmarine docks and harbor at Ostend, which was situated at thattime fifteen miles behind the Hun lines. On Aug. 10 his record shows him to have dropped 8 25-poundbombs on the mole at Zeebrugge. He was also credited with tworaids against the submarine base at Bruges, where he was underfire from one of the most powerful Hun anti-air craft batteries. Onone of these raids the Squadron was attacked by Fokker scouts,whom he helped materially in beating off. He was ordered to re-turn to the American Escadrille, on Aug. 22, to act as instructor. In Sept. he was sent to the Naval Aircraft Base at Eastleigh,Eng., to supervise the assembling of airplanes arriving fromAmerica, and later he flew a plane across the English Channel, to [ 380 ]. ARTHUR HOUSTOUN WRIGHT the aerodrome at the front. On Oct. 7 he piloted Capt. D. , , across the Channel to Dover, Eng., in orderthat Hanrahan might attend an important conference with theBritish authorities, and returned flying over the Channel in aheavy fog, in order that he might be back in time to participate inthe first raid that Squadron 9 made against the Hun. On Oct. 14, with the late Gunnery Sergt David F. Price, asobserver, he flew one of 7 American-built airplanes, equipped withLiberty motors and American guns, in a bombing-raid against therailway junction at Thielt, Belgium. This raid destroyed the veryimportant railway yards and seriously hindered the Hun retreatat this strategic point. In the course of this raid 12 Boche fighting-scouts attacked the 7 American planes and 3 Germans were shotdown. All the American airplanes returned safely, although twowere so badly disabled that they w
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