English: Lieutenant-Commander George Richmond Fearing, Jr., U.S.N.R.F. Son of George R. and Harriet (Graves) Fearing, of Boston, Mass.; was born in New York City, Feb. 20, 1871. He attended the Cutler Preparatory School, N.Y., graduated from Harvard College, A.B. 1893, and from the Harvard Law School. He was a member of the Harvard track team four years, football team one year, crew one year, and was once U.S. champion in court tennis, and five times at racquets (doubles). He attended the First Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg, and in Feb., 1916, enlisted in the Mass. Naval Militia, Aviation Section, and trained at Marblehead, Mass., receiving instruction in Aviation at Misery Island for two weeks in Sept., 1916. Early in 1917 he was elected to the Mass. Public Safety Committee, as head of Aviation Section of Committee on Naval Affairs. This committee examined about 1000 candidates for U.S. Naval Aviation, accepting about 350, who entered the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. On May 7, 1917, he enrolled in U.S.N.R.F. as Ensign, having resigned from the Mass. Naval Militia on the same day. He was ordered overseas Aug. 16, 1917, to Paris; from there he was ordered to Houstin, Gironde, a French flying school, and placed in charge of the American aviators in training there. About Nov. 1 he was transferred to Paris to the U.S. Naval Aviation Headquarters. He was commissioned Lieut, (j.g.) as of Feb. 1, 1918; and Lieut, as of March 23, 1918. Lieut. Fearing was made liaison officer with U.S. Air Service; also one of executive committee of five of Naval Aviation; in addition, he served as a Naval member of the Foreign Committee of Aircraft Production Board while it functioned; he was subsequently made Chief of Aviation, U.S. Naval Aviation Foreign Service. He removed to London when the U.S. Naval Aviation Headquarters was transferred, and acted as head of the Planning Section there. He was promoted to Lieut.-Commander, as of Sept. 30, 1918. Returning to the U.S., Lieut.-Com. Fearing was placed on inactive duty, Jan. 14, 1919. Married, March, 1897, Hester Sullivan Cochrane.

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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day. He was ordered overseas Aug. 16, 1917, to Paris; from there hewas ordered to Houstin, Gironde, aFrench flying school, and placedin charge of the American aviators in training there. About Nov. 1he was transferred to Paris to the U.S. Naval Aviation Head-quarters. He was commissioned Lieut, (j.g.) as of Feb. 1, 1918; and Lieut,as of March 23, 1918. Lieut. Fearing was made liaison officer withU.S. Air Service; also one of executive committee of five of NavalAviation; in addition, he served as a Naval member of the ForeignCommittee of Aircraft Production Board while it functioned; hewas subsequently made Chief of Aviation, U.S. Naval AviationForeign Service. He removed to London when the U.S. Naval Avia-tion Headquarters was transferred, and acted as head of the Plan-ning Section there. He was promoted to Lieut.-Commander, as ofSept. 30, 1918. Returning to the U.S., Lieut.-Com. Fearing wasplaced on inactive duty, Jan. 14, 1919. Married, March, 1897, Hester Sullivan Cochrane. ( 310 )
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HENRY FORSTER Ensign, U.S.N.R.F., Northern Bombing Group Son of Frederick Prentiss and Edith (Allen) Forster, of Milton,Mass.; was born in New York City, March 21, 1889. He was edu-cated at Groton School, Groton, Mass., and at Harvard College,A.B. 1911. At Harvard he rowed on the freshman eight-oared crewin 1908, and on the Varsity foar-oared crew in 1909 and 1910. Pre-vious to the war he served two and a half years in Squadron A,Cavalry, National Guard, N.Y., and six months in the 2d Battal-ion, Naval Militia, N.Y. He enlisted in the French Army Aviation Service on June 21,1917, and was assigned to the Lafayette Flying Corps. He trainedat Avord, France, from June 22 to Nov. 24, 1917, graduating asCaporal Pilote on Nov. 1, 1917. He was then ordered to Pau,where he remained from Nov. 27 to Dec. 17, 1917. On Dec. 19 hewas transferred to the Aviation Depot at Plessis-Belleville andstayed there until Jan. 27, 1918. From April to July, 1918, he servedat the front on patrol duty. After he h

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