WORLD WAR I FLYING ACE DIES
BALTIMORE, Md. (AP) — Funeral services for
F. Warrington Gillet, retired businessman and World War I flying ace, are scheduled for today at St. John's Church in Glyndon, Md.
He died Sunday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center at 74 after a short illness. He was a resident of Glyndon in Baltimore County.
Gillet was president of Gillet-Wright Inc., a liquor importing company. Earlier, he had been a vice president of Gillet Co., a banking firm, and a director of Gillet Realty Corp.
He was decorated with numerous medals after the war including the Croix de Guerre with Palm. Gillet had learned to fly when he was 19 with the Canadian Royal Flying Corps and went to England to fly in 1918.
He is credited with bringing down 10 German planes in September alone, and was promoted to captain and flight commander when he was still 22.
Gillet is survived by his widow, the former Elizabeth Davey Salmon of New York, his son, Francis W. Gillet Jr. of Palm Beach, Fla., and a brother and sister.
The Daily Times (Salisbury, MA) - Tuesday, December 23, 1969
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