What key details about fred zinn can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: friedrich wilhelm '' fred '' zinn was a volunteer american aviator who flew with french armee de l'air forces in world war i and an early pioneer of aerial photography for wartime reconnaissance and military intelligence . fred zinn lived in battle creek , michigan . while visiting france in august 1914 , he joined the french foreign legion shortly after the outbreak of world war i . he was one of the group who signed the american volunteer corps flag in paris on october 17 , 1914 , before departing for rouen . he served on the western front until february 1 , 1916 , when he was wounded for the second time during a german artillery attack . zinn transferred to the french aeronautique militaire on february 14 , 1916 . he served as gunner and bombardier with escadrille f-14 from december 12 , 1916 , until october 21 , 1917 , often augmenting his bombing duties by taking reconnaissance photographs of enemy lines before returning to base . zinn was one of the first aviators to attempt to photograph enemy troop positions from the air to assist commanders on the ground . this had previously been done from manned balloons , but they were vulnerable to enemy fire and had to be kept behind the lines . by flying directly over enemy positions and taking photographs , zinn provided french commanders with a far better view of the battlefield , and the techniques he and others developed soon became standard practice for both sides in the trench warfare style conflict . he was decorated twice by the french government for bravery for flying low over enemy lines on these reconnaissance missions . although not formally assigned to the american lafayette escadrille , zinn was recorded as an observer for the escadrille , presumably while taking aerial photographs . after the united states entered the war in 1917 , zinn entered the u.s. army air service as a captain and was attached to american ghq at chaumont until the armistice on november 11 , 1918 . he was one of a small number of legionnaires who entered the war in august...
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- death place is united states- birth name is friedrich wilhelm zinn- death date is october 4 , 1960- birth date is february 14 , 1892- name is fred zinn- birth place is united states- occupation is aviator , army officer