. History of the Ohio state university . ur lines, where he learned that the enemy pilot who had been made pris-oner was a German ace credited with sixteen victories. Lt. Averys con-duct was especially commendable because his plane had been seriouslydamaged at the beginning of the combat. (The German ace referred towas Capt. Mendkopf). On July 15, 1918 he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre under following citation: Avery, 1st Lt., pilot, 471st French Escadrille: A skillful and ener-getic pilot. He had many patrols over the front lines and in the courseof one of them, in spite of the violen
. History of the Ohio state university . ur lines, where he learned that the enemy pilot who had been made pris-oner was a German ace credited with sixteen victories. Lt. Averys con-duct was especially commendable because his plane had been seriouslydamaged at the beginning of the combat. (The German ace referred towas Capt. Mendkopf). On July 15, 1918 he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre under following citation: Avery, 1st Lt., pilot, 471st French Escadrille: A skillful and ener-getic pilot. He had many patrols over the front lines and in the courseof one of them, in spite of the violent infantry and artillery fire of theenemy, he repeatedly riddled with machine-gun fire the German trenchesfacing a sector occupied by an American Division. David Ford Bailey, Arts 18, Madison, O. Croce al Merito di Guerra (Italian).Fvt., Amb. Sei-v., Italy. Madison, O., High School; College of Arts. Aug. 2, 1917. Pvt. Amb. Serv., Allentown, Pa., toMch. 1, 1918; Hq., Amb. Serv. vdth Italian Army to disch.
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