Major <b>Stedman Hanks</b>, A.S., U.S.A., Commanding Officer, Air Service Concentration Brigade. Son of Charles Stedman and Clarina Bartow (Shumway) Hanks; was born at Manchester, Mass., July 17, 1889. He was educated at Groton School, Groton, Mass., and at Harvard College, A.B. 1912. He played on his class baseball team, and was a member of the 'Varsity track team. Prior to the declaration of war he trained as civilian aviator, and received Pilot's certificate from the Aero Club of America, Aug. 16, 1916; he had preliminary training at Governors Island, and at Mineola, N.Y. He enlisted May 26, 1917, at New York City, and was commissioned Captain, Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, May 26, 1917. He served as Aide to Maj. -General Geo. O. Squier, Chief Signal Officer, War Department, and subsequently, as Liaison Officer for Air Service with French, British, and Italian Aviation Missions. On Aug. 15, 1917, he was promoted to grade of Major, U.S.A., and later transferred to A.S.M.A. On Jan. 11, 1918, he passed his R.M.A. tests, at San Diego, Cal., where he was Commanding Officer of the 18th Aero Squadron. Major Hanks inspected many aviation fields, both by aeroplane and with Gen. Squier; was Commanding Officer of 2d Wing, Concentration Brigade, Aug. 19, 1918; commanded Concentration Brigade, Aug. 30, 1918, and was officer in charge of review of 6000 troops, Air Service. He was also President of Special Court Martial; and officer in charge of demobilization of Air Service, at Kelly Field, Tex., where he was discharged under special orders from the War Department, Jan. 7, 1919. Married, Feb. 11, 1919, Margery Hancock. Relatives in Service — Seven cousins in Army: 2 Major-Generals; 2 Colonels; 1 Lieut.- Colonel (flying status); 1 Captain; 1 Lieutenant, killed in action.<br><p><b>Identifier</b>: NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick (<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%2FNewEnglandaviatVol2Tick%2F">find matches</a>)<br><b>Title</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidNewEnglandaviatVol2Tick">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/NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick/NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick#page/n242/mode/1up">Book Viewer</a><br><b>About This Book</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick">Catalog Entry</a><br><b>View All Images</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidNewEnglandaviatVol2Tick">All Images From Book</a><br>
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