. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . the Toul sector. On Sept. 12, 1918, he was leading a flight on the on a mission to strafe the infantry back of the Germanlines, when his motor was hit by machine-gun fire over the third-line trenches. The Germans continued shooting after the engine hadstopped, riddling the plane with rifle and machine-gun concentrated fire after the machine had been abandoned,while Lieut. Woods was making way to cover on foot, until he wascaptured by German infantrymen. About Sept. 29 a note droppedover the aero
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . the Toul sector. On Sept. 12, 1918, he was leading a flight on the on a mission to strafe the infantry back of the Germanlines, when his motor was hit by machine-gun fire over the third-line trenches. The Germans continued shooting after the engine hadstopped, riddling the plane with rifle and machine-gun concentrated fire after the machine had been abandoned,while Lieut. Woods was making way to cover on foot, until he wascaptured by German infantrymen. About Sept. 29 a note droppedover the aerodrome by German flyers stated that Lieut. Woods hadbeen killed. He was given up by his Squadron, but later was re-ported a prisoner of war. He was confined successively in six Ger-man prison-camps, suffering hard treatment until he reached Vil-lingen, where there was Red Cross Service. He was released onNov. 29, 1918, and sent by train through Switzerland with other-captured officers. Lieut. Woods was honorably discharged on Feb. 5, 1919, atGarden City, [ 44 ]. CHESTER ELLIS WRIGHT First Lieutenant, , , Ninety-Third Aero SquadronThird Pursuit Group Son of Richard William and Gertrude (Wesley) Wright; was bornat Readville, Mass., Sept. 1, 1897. He attended the schools ofHyde Park, Mass., and spent three years at Harvard College, classof 1918. At the end of his sophomore year, he succeeded in break-ing the strength test record for undergraduates, and registeringsecond highest in the University. During the fall of his junior yearhe was a member of the cross-country team. In Feb., 1917, he leftcollege to train for the Air Service. He enlisted on March 25, 1917, at Fort Monroe, was appointedsergeant and assigned to the Curtiss School, Newport News. Inthe latter part of May, the school was broken up, and he was trans-ferred to the Ground School, He graduated July 23, andwas sent to Essington, Pa., for instruction in flying Aug. 25 he was transferr
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