New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . r sub-marines. He had a narrow escape in June, 1918, when a defectiveengine caused him to fall into the sea while hunting remained clinging to a wing of his plane for 24 hours withouthelp, as passing ships suspected him to be a German decoy. Whenfinally rescued, he was so exhausted that he could not have heldon an hour longer. In Sept. Ensign Smith was stricken with in-fluenza, but recovered in two weeks and returned to his duties asinstructor. At this time he made a flight with Major Shaw, aBritish aviator, and
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . r sub-marines. He had a narrow escape in June, 1918, when a defectiveengine caused him to fall into the sea while hunting remained clinging to a wing of his plane for 24 hours withouthelp, as passing ships suspected him to be a German decoy. Whenfinally rescued, he was so exhausted that he could not have heldon an hour longer. In Sept. Ensign Smith was stricken with in-fluenza, but recovered in two weeks and returned to his duties asinstructor. At this time he made a flight with Major Shaw, aBritish aviator, and performed many difficult manoeuvres. Lessthan three weeks later he was stricken with double pneumonia,and died after a few days illness at Bay Shore, , on Oct. 10,1918. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Maiden, Mass. Paternal grandfather in Service: served in the Civil War. Great-grandfather in Service: Dr. John Sprague of Maiden, sur-geon in Revolutionary War. Great-great-grandfather in Service: Jonathan Webb of Quincy,Captain in Revolutionary War. [ 378 ]. * ARTHUR HOUSTOUN WRIGHT First Lieutenant, Ninth Squadron, First MarineAviation ForceDied of broncho-pneumonia, Oct. 31, 1918Son of Rev. Arthur Henry and Claude Houstoun (Hopkins) Wright;was born Jan. 27, 1895, at Warehouse Point, Conn. He was edu-cated in the public schools of Newburyport, and at St. PaulsSchool, Garden City, ; entered Trinity College, class of 1918,where he spent two years; he was a member of the Delta KappaEpsilon Fraternity. On April 7, 1917, he enlisted in the Naval Reserve, and wasfor two months attached to the Mosquito Fleet. In June he wastransferred to the Naval Aviation Force and sent in July toCanada to train with the Royal Flying Corps, at Camp Borden,Toronto, and other flying fields. He was commissioned Ensign inNov., 1917, and, after two weeks training at Norfolk with the sea-planes, was sent as instructor to Miami, Fla., where he was incharge of the gunnery school; in May,
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