New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . d there from June 11, 1917,to Jan. 11, 1918. He was commissioned Ensign on Nov. 1, 1917,and dirigible pilot, in charge of the second class of cadets. FromJan. 11 to June 11, 1918, he was stationed at Key West, Fla., asChief Dirigible Officer, to oversee the building and starting of thedirigible department of that station. He performed this duty prac-tically alone, as he was the only Dirigible Officer. Within twomonths regular patrols were in operation up and down the FloridaKeys, and to Cuba. On June 11, 1918, he was transferr
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . d there from June 11, 1917,to Jan. 11, 1918. He was commissioned Ensign on Nov. 1, 1917,and dirigible pilot, in charge of the second class of cadets. FromJan. 11 to June 11, 1918, he was stationed at Key West, Fla., asChief Dirigible Officer, to oversee the building and starting of thedirigible department of that station. He performed this duty prac-tically alone, as he was the only Dirigible Officer. Within twomonths regular patrols were in operation up and down the FloridaKeys, and to Cuba. On June 11, 1918, he was transferred to Montauk, , NavalAir Station; where he remained for five months as Dirigible Officerand Navigating Officer, on patrol work until Dec. 11, 1918. Hewas commissioned Lieut, (), on Oct. 1, 1918. Lieut. Chadwickwas later ordered to Cape May Naval Air Station, where he wasreleased from active service on Jan. 8, 1919. Married, July 12, 1919, Elizabeth Young, of Boston. Brother in Service — Theodore Chadwick, Capt., 102d , 26th Division, [ 402 ]. FRANCIS HARTLEY, Jr. Ensign, Naval Reserve Flying Corps Son of Frank and Anna C. (Duckworth) Hartley, of Belmont,Mass.; was born in Webster, Mass., July 9, 1895. He was educatedat Phillips Andover Academy, and at the Yale Scientific School,graduating in 1917. He enlisted with the Naval Reserve Force, atNewport, , and was transferred to Aviation in Aug., 1917. Hewas trained at Ground School in Jan., 1918, and sent fromthere to Pensacola, Fla., on April 1. He was commissioned Ensignon June 12, 1918, and was stationed at Rockaway, He sailedoverseas on July 31, 1918. In France he was stationed at Moutchic-Lacanau, and later at LAber Vrach, where he was trained as apilot and in night-bombing, for two months. Later he engaged innight-bombing expeditions. The day before the Armistice was signed, he had a narrow escapefrom death when the strut of his plane broke in crossing the EnglishChannel, and he and
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