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English: Second Lieutenant Augustus Page Farnsworth, A.S.A., U.SA., Adjutant, Six Hundred Forty-Fourth Aero Squadron. Son of Harrie Clifford and Florence (Gordon) Farnsworth; was born at Hyde Park, Mass., on March 15, 1895. He was educated in the Hyde Park public schools and at Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass. He graduated from the M.I.T. in 1917. In his freshman and sophomore years he played quarterback on the M.I.T. non-varsity football team, and was captain of the football team in his freshman year. He enlisted in the Air Service on Aug. 11, 1917, in Boston, Mass., and was assigned to the Ground School, M.I.T. On Dec. 3 he was sent to Waco, Tex. He was commissioned 2d Lieut., March 6, 1918, and was ordered to Gerstner Field, Lake Charles, La., for training as a Pursuit Pilot. Subsequently he was sent to the Gunnery School at Taliaferro Field, Hicks, Tex., from which he graduated on June 29, he was then made Gunnery Instructor. Late in Aug., Lieut. Farnsworth received overseas orders; he reported at Hoboken, and on Sept. 4 sailed for Scotland. He went to Paris by way of Glasgow and London, reporting for duty on Oct. 5. He was immediately assigned to the 3d A.I.C. at Issoudun, where he qualified as Pursuit Pilot on Nov. 9, and was made Instructor in Combat on Nov. 11, 1918. Brother in Service — Charles Luke Farnsworth, Quartermaster, 1st Class, U.S.N.

Identifier: NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick (find matches)
Title: New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed
Subjects: Biography Aeronautics World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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n and sophomore years he played quarter-back on the M.I.T.football 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, M.I.T. 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 A.I.C. 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, U.S.N. ( 152 )
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GODFREY LOWELL CABOT Lieutenant, U.S.N.R.F., 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; M.I.T., one year; HarvardCollege, four years; Polytechnic, Zurich, and University of Zurich.He took final honors (magna cum laude) in chemistry at Harvard.At college he took one prize in a wrestling match, and won manyprizes at tennis. He was commissioned Ensign, A.D.C., M.V.M., on June 26, 1916. On March 20, 1917, he was commissioned Lieut., U.S.N.R.F.,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 originated and practised the art of picking up burdensin flight, reac

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