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Airmen Fall in Casual Ventures Across a War’s Shadow
A historical obituary-style summary recalls Captain George D. Hamilton and other WWI aviators who died in peacetime flights. It notes Hamilton’s daring deeds in France and his death during a Gettysburg maneuvre, alongside accounts of Alcock Hawker and Sir Ross Smith, plus other flyers who perished in later years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Belleau Wood
George D. Hamilton
Gettysburg
France
Hamilton
Meuse
Wiamilton
Marines
Arch Hoxey
Ralph Johnstone
John B.moisant
Mayowinea
America
Italy
United States Army Air Service
Carlstrom
Cary. B.epes
Hobart T. H. Baker
Hobey” Baker
Princeton
Baker
Second Army
Paris
Toul
Hugh Gordon Campbell
Syracuse University
Atlantic City
Field I. Kinciey
Kelly Field
Texas
Kenneth Earle
Maxwell Blanchard
Palm Beach
Pat Logan
Baltimore
James Murray Grier
Lafayette
Escadrille
Joseph Peter Saxe
Forest Hills
George W. Puryear
California
Alcock
Hawker
Newfoundland
Atlantic Ocean
John Alcock
Constantinople
Arthur W. Brown
Clifden
Ireland
Rouen
Harry G. Hawker
Makenzie Grieve
England
Harry Hawker
Mary
Grieve
Hanker
Hendon Airdome
Atlantic
Australia
Ross Smith
Sir Ross Smith
Sir Ross
Sir Keith Smith
Ross
Brooklands
Bennet
Bennett
A. C. Resnati
Caproni
Mineola
Vedrines