New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . erseas,arriving in France on Sept. 7, 1918. There was a great demand forbombers; and Lieut. Morse was assigned to the 7th Aviation In-struction Centre, near Clermont-Ferrand, for instruction in thatbranch. On completing the course in bombing he was detailed asinstructor in flying, and was on such active duty when he waskilled in an airplane accident, Nov. 6, 1918, at was buried in the Military Cemetery of that town. According to proceedings of the Board of Officers convened toinvestigate the accident w
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . erseas,arriving in France on Sept. 7, 1918. There was a great demand forbombers; and Lieut. Morse was assigned to the 7th Aviation In-struction Centre, near Clermont-Ferrand, for instruction in thatbranch. On completing the course in bombing he was detailed asinstructor in flying, and was on such active duty when he waskilled in an airplane accident, Nov. 6, 1918, at was buried in the Military Cemetery of that town. According to proceedings of the Board of Officers convened toinvestigate the accident which caused Lieut. Morses death, hewas flying with an observer doing aerial gunnery practice at about500 feet altitude, when the machine became in some way disabledand fell to the ground. Lieut. Morse was killed and the observerwas slightly injured. In the findings of the investigation was not only exonerated from all blame, but was highlycommended by his superior officer, who spoke of him as a goodpilot and a man of ability and good judgment. [ 310 ]. HARRY HUBBARD METCALF Second Lieutenant, , of jmeumonia, Oct. 13, 1918Son of Walter C. and Jessie F. (Willson) Metcalf; was born atSouthboro, Mass., July 4, 1894. He prepared for college at Exeter,and William Nolens, Cambridge, and was a member of the classof 1917, at Harvard College. In the spring of 1915, he entered theAmerican Ambulance Service in France, and was one of the firstto volunteer to drive at the front; his section was twice mentionedin the orders of the day at Pont-a-Mousson. He was a member ofthe Harvard Gun Club and one of the best intercollegiate the Harvard Flying Corps was organized by Frazier Curtis,in 1916, he was made temporary Flight Captain. He was one ofthe first ten men sent to the Harvard Flying School at Buffalo, in1916, and the first to qualify there for his pilots license, which hereceived from the Aero Club of America, Aug. 30, 1916. On Nov. 19, 1916, he offer
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