English: Winthrop Floyd Smith, Ensign, U.S.N.R.F. Died of pneumonia, Oct. 10, 1918. Son of Henry Floyd and Jennie (Saville) Smith; was born in Ashmont, Mass., July 28, 1893. He attended the Henry L. Pierce School, Dorchester, Mass.; Phillips Exeter Academy, and spent one year at Williams College. He graduated from Mass. Institute of Technology. He was an all-round athlete. At Phillips Exeter he was a member of Alpha Nu Fraternity, and managing editor of the Exonian in his senior year. He was a member of D.K.E. at Williams. In 1915 and 1916 he attended the Officers' Training Camps at Plattsburg. On May 8, 1917, he left the business in which he was engaged to enlist in the Naval Reserve Corps at Newport, R.I. He trained at the M.I.T. Ground School, and after passing all tests was sent to Key West, Fla., for a twelve weeks' course in flying. He was there commissioned Ensign, the first week in April, 1918. He was then sent to Bay Shore, N.Y., as Instructor in Aviation. He was a very successful navigating aviator, and trained several hundred students from April 22 to Oct. 10. He also acted as patrol pilot for submarines. He had a narrow escape in June, 1918, when a defective engine caused him to fall into the sea while hunting submarines. He remained clinging to a wing of his plane for 24 hours without help, as passing ships suspected him to be a German decoy. When finally rescued, he was so exhausted that he could not have held on an hour longer. In Sept. Ensign Smith was stricken with influenza, but recovered in two weeks and returned to his duties as instructor. At this time he made a flight with Major Shaw, a British aviator, and performed many difficult manoeuvres. Less than three weeks later he was stricken with double pneumonia, and died after a few days' illness at Bay Shore, N.Y., on Oct. 10, 1918. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Maiden, Mass.

Identifier: NewEnglandaviatVol1Tick (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
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r sub-marines. He had a narrow escape in June, 1918, when a defectiveengine caused him to fall into the sea while hunting submarines.He remained clinging to a wing of his plane for 24 hours withouthelp, as passing ships suspected him to be a German decoy. Whenfinally rescued, he was so exhausted that he could not have heldon an hour longer. In Sept. Ensign Smith was stricken with in-fluenza, but recovered in two weeks and returned to his duties asinstructor. At this time he made a flight with Major Shaw, aBritish aviator, and performed many difficult manoeuvres. Lessthan three weeks later he was stricken with double pneumonia,and died after a few days illness at Bay Shore, N.Y., on Oct. 10,1918. He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Maiden, Mass. Paternal grandfather in Service: served in the Civil War. Great-grandfather in Service: Dr. John Sprague of Maiden, sur-geon in Revolutionary War. Great-great-grandfather in Service: Jonathan Webb of Quincy,Captain in Revolutionary War. ( 378 )
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* ARTHUR HOUSTOUN WRIGHT First Lieutenant, Ninth Squadron, First MarineAviation ForceDied of broncho-pneumonia, Oct. 31, 1918Son of Rev. Arthur Henry and Claude Houstoun (Hopkins) Wright;was born Jan. 27, 1895, at Warehouse Point, Conn. He was edu-cated in the public schools of Newburyport, and at St. PaulsSchool, Garden City, N.Y.; entered Trinity College, class of 1918,where he spent two years; he was a member of the Delta KappaEpsilon Fraternity. On April 7, 1917, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, and wasfor two months attached to the Mosquito Fleet. In June he wastransferred to the U.S. Naval Aviation Force and sent in July toCanada to train with the Royal Flying Corps, at Camp Borden,Toronto, and other flying fields. He was commissioned Ensign inNov., 1917, and, after two weeks training at Norfolk with the sea-planes, was sent as instructor to Miami, Fla., where he was incharge of the gunnery school; in May, 1918, he was commissioned2d Lieut, and transferred to the Marine Av

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