First Lieutenant <b>Arthur L. Clark</b>, A.S.A., U.S.A., 24th Aero Squadron, First Observation Group. Training Camp at Plattsburg, and on the same day reenlisted in the S.E.R.C. at Mineola, N.Y., as private, 1st class. He was assigned to the Ground School at M.I.T., and from there transferred to the Aviation School at Mineola, N.Y. He was further trained at the School for Observers at Fort Sill, Okla. On Jan. 4, 1918, he was commissioned 2d Lieut, at Garden City, N.Y., and on Jan. 5 assigned to active duty with detachment of Aerial Observers, No. 1. He sailed overseas on Jan. 9, 1918. He was commissioned 1st Lieut. on Feb. 2, 1918, and assigned to various schools in France. On Sept. 12, he was ordered to active official observer's flying duty near the Toul sector. On Sept. 17, 1918, while flying with his pilot, Lieut. William A. Bradfield of Dallas, Tex., the motor went dead and he was forced to descend, and was captured by the Germans. For a month he was reported "missing in action," but on Oct. 15 was reported unwounded and a prisoner at Landshut, Germany. Upon landing from their plane on Sept. 17, Lieut. Clark and his pilot were taken to Joeuf, in Lorraine, questioned closely and transferred to Karlsruhe, Baden, by train, and finally to Landshut and Villingen, about thirty kilometres north of the Swiss border. On Nov. 25, after many faithless promises, they were released, and proceeded to Konstanz, thence to the Swiss border. Lieut. Clark was one of the first American aviators and ex-prisoners of war to be returned to the U.S., arriving on Jan. 18, 1919. He was honorably discharged in January 1919, and then became attached to the Experiment Station at the Rhode Island State College.<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/n72/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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