First Lieutenant <b>Leland V. Clark</b>, A.S.A., U.S.A. Son of Frederick W. and Carrie E. (Vining) Clark; was born at North Abington, Mass., June 3, 1893. He was educated in the Abington public schools, and at the M.I.T. He played on his school football team; and at Technology was a member of the tug-of-war team. He enlisted on June 18, 1917, at M.I.T. Ground School, where he spent two months. He was then transferred to Belleville, 111., on Aug. 18, 1917, where he made his first flight from Scott Field on Sept. 11, 1917. He was commissioned 1st Lieut, in Jan., 1918, and sailed for overseas service on the ill-fated U.S. steamship <i>SS Tuscania</i>, which was torpedoed off the Irish coast on Feb. 7, 1918. Lieut. Clark was in active service in France until the end of the war. Grandfather in Service — A. Elliot Vining, served in the Civil War.<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/n226/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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