. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . n and sophomore years he played quarter-back on the team, and was captain of the football team in his fresh-man year. He enlisted in the Air Service on Aug. 11, 1917, in Boston, Mass.,and was assigned to the Ground School, On Dec. 3 he wassent to Waco, Tex. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., March 6, 1918,and was ordered to Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La., for trainingas a Pursuit Pilot. Subsequently he was sent to the GunnerySchool at Taliaferro Field, Hicks, Tex., from which he graduatedon June 29, he w
. New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . n and sophomore years he played quarter-back on the team, and was captain of the football team in his fresh-man year. He enlisted in the Air Service on Aug. 11, 1917, in Boston, Mass.,and was assigned to the Ground School, On Dec. 3 he wassent to Waco, Tex. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., March 6, 1918,and was ordered to Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La., for trainingas a Pursuit Pilot. Subsequently he was sent to the GunnerySchool at Taliaferro Field, Hicks, Tex., from which he graduatedon June 29, he was then made Gunnery Instructor. Late in Aug.,Lieut. Farnsworth received overseas orders; he reported at Ho-boken, and on Sept. 4 sailed for Scotland. He went to Paris byway of Glasgow and London, reporting for duty on Oct. 5. He wasimmediately assigned to the 3d at Issoudun, where hequalified as Pursuit Pilot on Nov. 9, and was made Instructor inCombat on Nov. 11, 1918. Brother in Service — Charles Luke Farnsworth, Quartermaster, 1st Class, [ 152 ]. GODFREY LOWELL CABOT Lieutenant, , Aviation Aide, First Naval District Son of Samuel and Hannah Lowell (Jackson) Cabot; was born atBoston, Mass., Feb. 26, 1861. He was educated at the Brimmer,Latin, and Hopkinson schools, Boston; , one year; HarvardCollege, four years; Polytechnic, Zurich, and University of took final honors (magna cum laude) in chemistry at college he took one prize in a wrestling match, and won manyprizes at tennis. He was commissioned Ensign, , , on June 26, 1916. On March 20, 1917, he was commissioned Lieut., ,at Cambridge, Mass. He practised flying at Marblehead, May toDec, 1915; trained at Pensacola, Fla., in April, 1916; Marblehead,May to Dec, 1916; Pensacola, Jan., 1917; Salem Harbor, April, 1917. He first flew as a pilot on April 12, 1917. For over two yearshe was on active duty, serving from March 20, 1917, to the springof 1919. He
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