<b>Ralph Lane Loomis</b>, Pilot, Lafayette Flying Corps; Ensign, Naval Aviation Service. Son of Elihu G. and Marion H. (Fitch) Loomis; was born at Bedford, Mass., April 13,1887. He was educated in the public schools at Bedford; at Concord High School; Boston Latin School; and at Phillips Academy, Andover. He graduated with the degree of A.B. at Amherst, 1908; attended Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Suffolk Bar, Boston, 1911; he practiced law for a season and later engaged in business in Boston as one of the members of the firm of Loomis &amp; Co., dealers in paper. On June 25, 1917, he sailed for France as a member of the American Ambulance Service, but upon reaching France he enlisted in the French Aviation Service and passed through the various aviation schools and obtained commission as a pilot; later, in 1918, he transferred into the U.S. Navy with the rank of Ensign; engaged in aviation work in connection with the officers of the English Navy, flying from Dunkirk and attacking enemy positions at Zeebrugge and Ostend; he was certified by his Commander to have been "a very good pilot and efficient officer in charge of men." In May 1919, he was stationed at Pola, Istria.<br><p><b>Identifier</b>: NewEnglandaviatVol1Tick (<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=default&amp;fulltext=Search&amp;search=insource%3A%2FNewEnglandaviatVol1Tick%2F">find matches</a>)<br><b>Title</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidNewEnglandaviatVol1Tick">New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records</a><br><b>Year</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1919">1919</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1910">1910s</a>)<br><b>Authors</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorTicknor__Caroline__1866_1937__ed">Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed</a><br><b>Subjects</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectBiography">Biography</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectAeronautics">Aeronautics</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectWorld_War__1914_1918">World War, 1914-1918</a><br><b>Publisher</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherBoston__New_York__Houghton_Mifflin_Company">Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company</a><br><b>Contributing Library</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorSmithsonian_Libraries">Smithsonian Libraries</a><br><b>Digitizing Sponsor</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorSmithsonian_Libraries">Smithsonian Libraries</a><br><br><b>View Book Page</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/NewEnglandaviatVol1Tick/NewEnglandaviatVol1Tick#page/n254/mode/1up">Book Viewer</a><br><b>About This Book</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/NewEnglandaviatVol1Tick">Catalog Entry</a><br><b>View All Images</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidNewEnglandaviatVol1Tick">All Images From Book</a><br>
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