New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . red proficiency in handling a plane he sailed for France, wherehe entered the French Foreign Legion, enlisting Jan. 22, 1917. Hespeedily obtained his license as pilot at the school of Pau, and hav-ing completed a course in aerial marksmanship at Cazaux, joinedSquadron No. 12, under command of Major Brochard, July 29, some practice flights on Spad aeroplanes, he took part inpatrol flights and was particularly marked by his skill as a Aug. 3 Corporal Chadwick wrote: I am now somewhere, and I can describe it no
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . red proficiency in handling a plane he sailed for France, wherehe entered the French Foreign Legion, enlisting Jan. 22, 1917. Hespeedily obtained his license as pilot at the school of Pau, and hav-ing completed a course in aerial marksmanship at Cazaux, joinedSquadron No. 12, under command of Major Brochard, July 29, some practice flights on Spad aeroplanes, he took part inpatrol flights and was particularly marked by his skill as a Aug. 3 Corporal Chadwick wrote: I am now somewhere, and I can describe it no more definitely than bysaying that I should rather be there than anywhere else. One of the firstthings I saw when arriving here was Capt. Guynemer. I saw him go up,and an hour later come back. In the meantime he got his 50th official, . .and he must have dropped about as many more out of sight behind theGerman lines. One of the other things of interest which I saw here was a machinewhich had been hit by several explosive bullets. They do a thorough job. [ 10 ]. OLIVER MOULTON CHAD WICK The men here are a splendid lot. It is the most famous group of escadrillesin the world and the finest commander. If I dont learn how to be a goodBoche hunter, it will be my own fault. I am not at liberty to say where Iam, or much about what is going on, but here is a generality drawn fromthe past, which will probably hold good for the future: Wherever the potboils, there is to be found Groupe de Combat 12. On Aug. 14 he was not scheduled to fly until afternoon, but anx-ious to get all the practice possible, he went to the field in the morn-ing hoping that an extra man might be needed. A patrol was justgoing out, and being one man short, he was asked to fill the set out at nine oclock, and at , the patrol engaged incombat with an enemy squadron near the forest of Houthulst. AnEnglish patrol also took part in the fight, and seeing it attacked byan Albatross, Chadwick hastened to it
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