Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-20
NAVAL FLYERS ARRANGE
FOR BANQUET THIS WEEK
Many Richmond Men Won Commits
sions in Reserve Corps During
War Period.
But ONE MEMBER MET DEATH
Lieutenant Lyron +. Eddy, Here on
Recruiting Duty, to Participate iii
Dinner With Aviators He Helped
Mt Training School.

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United States Naval Reserve Flying
Corps during the war, are arranslnG
Tor banquet 10 be held some time
Lseutenant Lyron + Eddy. who is
here on recruiting duty. This officer
was instructor at Massachusetts UNI
rersity OF Technology. where several
OF the Richmond men trained and be-
came accredited aviators.
Fourteen Richmondcrs enlisted In
Che naval reserve flying corps and All
became officers Lieutenant Eddy has
complied history OF the careers or
each of The Richmond men who served
in the naval aviation service during
the war. and all but one OF these.
Beirnc Blair. who was killed. are eS-
pected 70 participate in the coming
banquet.
Blair. c. I. Earnest. William and AL
fred Smith Claude Belts, James r.
Patton. George Miller. J c. Wicker
willard Owens, ,Wtiliam PemGerton
and O. Swinford, Jr.
History of A~intors-
Turner Bethel was one OF the men
who came off with donors. He is a
graduate OF Washington and Lee Uni
vensity and was captain Of the foot
ball team there. When attending
young Bethel was made regimental
commander. He became an aviator
at Pensacola after preliminary train
ing at Bay Shore.
Beirne Blair was killed when an
airplane crashed into the machine
a final test Hight at Pensacola. after
completing MS preliminary flight
training. He was graduate of the
University OF Virginia. where he was
prominent in athletics. a the ground
training school where he was sen,
after his enlistment he was made AN
Signing OF the armistice kept J. b.
Cecil and E. +. Neal, both Rich
monders, out of the air. They wero
both attending ground school in
G. T. Earnest took the ground
course in aviation at the Massachu-
sets University OF Technology. He
was member of Company 90. and
West After having qualified he be-
came an instructor there, where he
served for five months.
In this same company was Decatur
Jones and A c. Young. Jones became
a dirigible pilot and Young was an
instructor in the Massachusetts Uni
Hersily OF Technology school after
Smiths Become Pilots.
William and Alfred Smith were
students at the Massachusetts Uni
SSsrsity' They served as pilots at Bay
Snor csna psnsacS 91;,,i hampton Roads and
an Instructor at Key West for four
l"o otneIS VINO attended the MaSSa-
were Claude Bets and James 3 :
Belts received his commission and
wings at Pensacola in October OF 1915
George Miller. Richmond College
man. completed his ground course ut
He finished his flight training in july
OF that year and was commissioned
and ordered overseas at once
j.: G. Wicker is another Richmond
toilese man who saw service over
seas and still wears the scars OF
WOUNDS received there. He first en-
iisted IN the mosquito fleet in Novem-
Makes Flying Record.
Another Richmonder who received
MS commission ut Pensacola in IeIS
IS Willard Owens and another Nii
liam Pemberton
r. r. Saunders first enlisted in In.
mosquito fleet with Wicker. and after
Transferring TO the air service made "a
record ior total dying time for a
ID. f. Satterheld, Jr.. attended the
massachusetts, Institute of Tcchnorogw
VIC won his ensign straps and later
vice. :" we ar ser
;, One Of the other men who reached
IN the mosquito fleet. was .. Swinford
IN active service out OF tho en mGM
IisG Ensign Miller is the Other n.v,I
HsiaIor from Richmond who ia now
In service He is stationed at More
nn ny: ana Lieutenant Swinrord Is
Sruits to this branch OF The scr,.;co
past week "''hih the