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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
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les Dabney and Charlotte L. (Ogston) Horton; wasborn in St. Louis, Mo., June 3,1891. He was educated at St. JohnsSchool, Ossining, N.Y.; at Blair Academy, Blairstown, N.J.; andat Dartmouth College, A.B. 1915. He was noted for his swimmingat Blair Academy, and at Dartmouth belonged to the DartmouthOuting Club in 1914, took 1st Prize for the 100-Yard Ski Dash, and2d prize for the Cross-Country Ski Race. He enlisted in the French Army Aviation Service in Paris onAug. 20, 1916. He was trained at the French flying schools at Buc,Juvisy, and Avord, and was made Sergent-Pilote on Sept. 14,1917. He was attached to Escadrille C 17, Sop. 255, Spa 69, andSpa 75. He took part in engagements in Flanders in 1917; at Fismes,Chemin des Dames, and St.-Quentin in 1918. As a recognition of hisexcellent work at St.-Quentin he was awarded the Croix de Guerre.He was discharged from the service of the French Army on Jan.20, 1919, in Paris, France. Married, Jan. 10, 1917, Miss Helen Wheelock Hubbard. ( 250 )
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TALBOT OTIS FREEMAN First Lieutenant, A.S.A., U.SA.. Quarta SquadrillaUndicessimo Gruppo, Zona di Guerra, ItaliaOne Hundred Fortieth U.S. Aero Squadron Son of Daniel Allen and Lucy T. S. Freeman; was born in Long-wood, Mass., Nov. 9, 1890. He graduated from the Noble andGreenough School, and from Harvard College, S.B. 1914; memberof the Institute of 1770, D.K.E., Hasty Pudding, and Fox Clubs(Digamma). He made the Harvard-Yale freshman record, 120yards, high hurdles, and belonged to the Varsity track team from1911 to 1914. For a year he trained with Battery A, M.V.M. He enlisted in the Air Service in Boston on June 20, 1917^ andwas assigned to the M.I.T. Ground School from June 20 to Aug.25. On Sept. 11, 1917, he joined the 4th Squadron of the FirstForeign Detachment at Fort Wood, Bedloes Island, N.Y. Hesailed overseas on Sept. 25, 1917, arriving in Paris on Oct. 16. Hewas then ordered to the 8th Aviation Instruction Centre at Foggia,Italy, where he was trained from Oct. 28. He passed

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