New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . 1917. He was trainedat Issoudun, Cazaux, and elsewhere; and was commissioned 1stLieut, on Jan. 22, 1918. After the big German drive was turned,he was assigned to the 94th Aero Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group. Lieut. Bruce met his death in combat at Les Cruaux, on Aug. 17,1918. In an engagement with the enemy, his patrol was attackedfrom above, and when their gas was almost exhausted the Ameri-cans retreated; but Lieut. Bruce and another pilot of his patrolbrushed wings. Lieut. Bruce, losing control of his machine, startedto fall.
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . 1917. He was trainedat Issoudun, Cazaux, and elsewhere; and was commissioned 1stLieut, on Jan. 22, 1918. After the big German drive was turned,he was assigned to the 94th Aero Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group. Lieut. Bruce met his death in combat at Les Cruaux, on Aug. 17,1918. In an engagement with the enemy, his patrol was attackedfrom above, and when their gas was almost exhausted the Ameri-cans retreated; but Lieut. Bruce and another pilot of his patrolbrushed wings. Lieut. Bruce, losing control of his machine, startedto fall. But after falling 1000 metres, he regained partial control,and made a tight spiral during the remaining 2500 metres. Thepilots above noticed that he was trying to spiral into an open field,but he missed that and landed in a forest. His machine struck sometall trees, nose first, at an angle of about 30 degrees, and Brucesneck was broken by the fall of nearly two miles. Lieut. Bruce was buried where he fell, in the Commune ofChery-Chartreuve, Aisne, France. [ 94 ]. BENNETT WELLS First Lieutenant, , , One Hundred Forty-Seventh Aero Squadron, First Pursuit Group Son of Herbert Clifford and Amy C. (Bullard) Wells, of Wayland,Mass.; was born in Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 16, 1894. He was edu-cated at Cambridge Latin School and at Harvard College, class of1918; leaving college during his sophomore year to go to France. Hesailed on May 5, 1917, to join the American Field Service in France,driving an ammunition truck to and from the front for six then transferred to Aviation, in Sept., 1917, enlisting in was trained in the American Aviation School in France, andwas then sent as chasseur to the front. He was commissioned1st Lieut, about Feb. 1, 1918, and was assigned to the 147th AeroSquadron, 1st Pursuit Group, Zone of Advance. While in active service Lieut. Wells took part in the great battleof Chateau-Thierry. [ 96 ]
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