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S. F. Society Man to Join Belgian Corps
Oakland Tribune - Sunday, October 31, 1915
S. F. Society Man to Join Belgian Corps
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 30.—Determined to seek excitement in the war zone, Leonard Coombes Hammond, prominent in local society and club circles, has decided to become a driver for the Belgian ambulance corps. Hammond will sail for Bordeaux... 
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24 July 2007 01:24 PM
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World War Ace Who Died Fighting Is Campus Hero
Syracuse Herald-American - Sunday, September 22, 1940
World War Ace Who Died Fighting Is Campus Hero
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Battle of Britain Brings Hamilton's Spirit Out of Retirement
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In the light of today's world events Syracuse University students, for the first time in many years, are paying new-found respect to the glorious memory of a...
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24 July 2007 12:52 PM
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France Loses Hope for Atlantic Airmen
The Chronicle-Telegram - Wednesday, May 11, 1927
FRANCE LOSES HOPE FOR ATLANTIC AIRMEN
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SEARCH CONTINUES ON LAND AND SEA TO FIND AVIATORS
Eighty hours after they left Le Bourget, near Paris, early Sunday morning and headed out over the Atlantic on an attempt to fly without a stop to New York, nothing had been heard...
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24 July 2007 08:14 AM
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First World War Ace Visits a Schoolboy
The Bridgeport Post - Sunday, January 08, 1967
First World War Ace Visits a Schoolboy
SIOUX CITY, Iowa — (AP) A Belgian fighter pilot of World War I fame, paid a visit to a teenage youth here as a result of correspondence between the two in connection with the youth's hobby of learning about early aircraft and their...
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23 July 2007 11:33 AM
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23 July 2007 11:15 AM
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Col. Turner Paid Tribute To Former Anderson Ace
Anderson Daily Bulletin - Wednesday, July 1, 1970
Col. Turner Paid Tribute To Former Anderson Ace
Col. Roscoe Turner, aviation pioneer and speedster who died recently at Indianapolis, was among noted personalities of aeronautics who paid tribute to a former Anderson pilot who died in World War II.
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22 July 2007 06:36 PM
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Youthful Aviation Chief U.S. Navy's Only War Ace
The News-Palladium - Thursday, March 28, 1929
Youthful Aviation Chief U.S. Navy's Only War Act
WASHINGTON March 28—With the respect and confidence that aviators place in fellow airmen, David S. Ingalls of Cleveland comes to Washington to take a place in President Hoover's junior cabinet as assistant secretary of the Navy...
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22 July 2007 05:06 PM
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World War I flying ace, 91, dies peacefully at home
Syracuse Herald-Journal - Friday, February 5, 1988
World War I flying ace, 91, dies peacefully at home
NEW YORK (AP) — It was 1918, the dawn of aerial warfare, when Kenneth Porter swooped out of the clouds over France into a sky full of German fighters.
With the sun at his back and a lucky ring on his finger,...
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21 July 2007 05:41 PM
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World War I ace Brooks dies at 95
The Stars and Stripes - Monday, July 22, 1991
World War I ace Brooks dies at 95
SUMMIT, N.J. (AP) — Arthur Raymond Brooks, a World War I ace who shot down six planes and whose fighter is on display at the Smithsonian Institution, died last week at his home. He was 95.
Brooks was the last surviving...
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21 July 2007 05:12 PM
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Last World War I Ace Retires From Air Force
The Brownsville Herald - Monday, May 03, 1954
Last World War I Ace Retires From Air Force
SAN ANTONIO, May 3 —UP— A master sergeant reputed to be the last World War I ace remaining in the Air Force has been retired at Randolph Air Force Base, which he once commanded while ranked as a colonel.
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