New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ed to KellyField, San Antonio, Tex., for advanced flying, for the month ofJuly. He was commissioned 1st Lieut., Sig. , on June 25,1917, and was put in command of the 22d Aero Squadron, ,attached to , at Leaside, Toronto, Can., from Aug. to Oct., 1917. He was then made Assistant Officer in Charge of Flying atScott Field, Belleville, 111., from Oct. to Dec, 1917. He was thenassigned to Park Field, Memphis, Tenn., from Dec, 1917, to Oct., 1918, first as Assistant Officer in Charge of Flying, and later asOffice
New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records . ed to KellyField, San Antonio, Tex., for advanced flying, for the month ofJuly. He was commissioned 1st Lieut., Sig. , on June 25,1917, and was put in command of the 22d Aero Squadron, ,attached to , at Leaside, Toronto, Can., from Aug. to Oct., 1917. He was then made Assistant Officer in Charge of Flying atScott Field, Belleville, 111., from Oct. to Dec, 1917. He was thenassigned to Park Field, Memphis, Tenn., from Dec, 1917, to Oct., 1918, first as Assistant Officer in Charge of Flying, and later asOfficer in Charge of Flying. He was commissioned Capt., ,Regular Army, on Feb. 19, 1918. He was ordered to the port ofembarkation, Hoboken, , on Oct. 15, 1918, sailed Nov. 11,and was turned back. Capt. Richmond was honorably dischargedat Hoboken, , on Dec 9, 1918, to enter the reserve forces. He flew almost 12,000 miles cross-country for the Third LibertyLoan, covering territory from Pensacola, Fla., to Chicago, 111.,Kansas City, Mo., and Dayton, O. [ 370 J. RICHARD W. SEARLE Second Lieutenant, , , One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Aero Squadron, First Army ObservationSon of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Putnam Searle; was born in Boston,Mass., July 7, 1891. He graduated from the Stone School and fromHarvard College, 1914. At college he played on his class foot-ball teams, and was a member of his class crew. At one time hewas a member of Battery A, 1st Mass. , He enlisted in Sept., 1917, at Cornell University, and trainedthere in the School of Aeronautics, graduating on Jan. 26, then trained successively at Ellington Field, Houston, Tex.;Camp Dick, Dallas, Tex.; Langley Field, Hampton, Va.; andTaliaferro Field, Hicks, Tex. He was commissioned 2d Lieut, onMay 2, 1918, and ordered overseas. Lieut. Searle sailed from Hoboken, ; on Sept. 15, 1918,landed at Brest, France, and trained at , Deux Sceurs,France; Issoudun, and Colombey-les-Belles; bein
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