JFK+50: Volume 7, No. 2345
FRENCH AVIATORS ARE HERE TO TEACH U.S. AIR WARFARE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) One hundred years ago tonight, June 19, 1917, a dozen veteran French aviators arrived here in the Nation's Capital to assist in the training of American pilots for warfare in France.
The airmen, led by Captain Deboy-Riven, came also to attempt to convince the Congress of the United States to provide a "liberal...appropriation" for the United States Aviation Service. A proposal to provide $600 million was under consideration by the Congress.
The Chicago Daily Tribune reported that while the visit of the French aviators came as a surprise to the War Department, Brigadier General George O. Squier*, head of the U.S. Aviation Service, welcomed them.
*George Owen Squier [square] (1865-1934) was born in Dryden, Michigan & graduated from West Point in 1887. GOS was awarded a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1893.
GOS was Executive Officer to the Chief Signal Officer & in 1907 helped establish the Aeronautical Division. Major General Squier became Chief Signal Officer during WWI & after the war created Wired Radio which became known as Muzak.
SOURCE
"French Aviators Arrive To Teach Warfare in Sky", The Chicago Daily Tribune, June 20, 1917.
FRENCH AVIATORS ARE HERE TO TEACH U.S. AIR WARFARE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) One hundred years ago tonight, June 19, 1917, a dozen veteran French aviators arrived here in the Nation's Capital to assist in the training of American pilots for warfare in France.
The airmen, led by Captain Deboy-Riven, came also to attempt to convince the Congress of the United States to provide a "liberal...appropriation" for the United States Aviation Service. A proposal to provide $600 million was under consideration by the Congress.
The Chicago Daily Tribune reported that while the visit of the French aviators came as a surprise to the War Department, Brigadier General George O. Squier*, head of the U.S. Aviation Service, welcomed them.
*George Owen Squier [square] (1865-1934) was born in Dryden, Michigan & graduated from West Point in 1887. GOS was awarded a PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1893.
GOS was Executive Officer to the Chief Signal Officer & in 1907 helped establish the Aeronautical Division. Major General Squier became Chief Signal Officer during WWI & after the war created Wired Radio which became known as Muzak.
SOURCE
"French Aviators Arrive To Teach Warfare in Sky", The Chicago Daily Tribune, June 20, 1917.
George Owen Squier
United States Army Photo
