. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . n H. and Florence C. Craigie, of Stoneham, Mass.; wasborn Aug. 22,1898. He was educated at the Stoneham High School,and at Harvard College, member of the class of 1920. At school hewon the MacDonald scholarship medal and stood first in his trained for six months with the , and on Sept. 20,1917,enlisted at Cambridge, Mass. He trained at the Ground School, ; at Ellington Field,Houston, Tex.; Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex.; Call Field, Wichita Falls,Tex.; and at Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. He was com-miss
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . n H. and Florence C. Craigie, of Stoneham, Mass.; wasborn Aug. 22,1898. He was educated at the Stoneham High School,and at Harvard College, member of the class of 1920. At school hewon the MacDonald scholarship medal and stood first in his trained for six months with the , and on Sept. 20,1917,enlisted at Cambridge, Mass. He trained at the Ground School, ; at Ellington Field,Houston, Tex.; Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex.; Call Field, Wichita Falls,Tex.; and at Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. He was com-missioned 2d Lieut., April 3, 1918, and sailed overseas to France,continuing his training at , then at Issoudun, where hecompleted Pursuit Pilot training, Nov. 10, 1918. He was trans-ferred to the Concentration Camp at Angers; sailed from Brest,Jan. 15, 1919, and was honorably discharged at Garden City,, Jan. 28, 1919. Brothers in Service — Hugh H. Craigie, Corp., Co. L, 33d (Reg.) Infantry,Laurence C. Craigie, Cadet, , West Point. [ 186 ]. JOHN JAY VAN SCHAACK First Lieutenant, , , One Hundredth SquadronIndependent Air Force, Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Van Schaack, of Hartford, Conn.; wasborn at Brooklyn, , July 21, 1894. He was educated at thePawling School, Pawling, , and at Williams College. He left college on April 10,1917, to train for the Service, and onJune 24 joined the Franco-American Flying Corps in New YorkCity, sailing overseas, July 9,1917. On reaching Paris and findingthat his entry into a French flying school would be delayed, heobtained his release from the French Government and enlisted inthe Air Service on Aug. 16, 1917. He trained at Tours fromAug. 19 to Oct. 19, 1917, when he was brevetted as a Pilot by theFrench Government. He was then assigned to the 3d at Is-soudun, where he remained from Oct. 20,1917, to Feb. 10,1918, andwhere he was commissioned 1st Lieut., , , on Nov. 20,1917. In
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