Sentence:  Down in Concord , New Hampshire , was a flier in the right place at the right time : Robert S. Fogg , a native New Englander , had <WSD>been</WSD> a World War 1 , flying instructor , barnstormer , and one of the original planners of the Concord Airport . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  happen, occur, take place; this was during the visit to my parents' house"