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10 December 2007, 01:26 AM
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Lt. Edgar R. Case USAS
Any forumites have any details regarding the lad above, I only know he was in the Air Service and shipped to France.
Thanks.
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10 December 2007, 10:27 AM
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10 December 2007, 04:20 PM
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If the Lt. Case of the 99th is your man -
He served with Escadrille Br. 233 prior to coming to the 99th from 20 May 1918 until transferred to the 99th on 19 June. I believe he was an observer, not a pilot, but have no concrete evidence. His wounding is listed as "severe" in Henshaw's "The Sky Thier Battlefield", but there are no other circumstances cited. Maybe - if we ar efortunate - someone with a copy of the 99th Aero unit history can fill this gap. Let me see what else I can dig up for you, but this may be it....
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11 December 2007, 09:02 PM
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Thanks Gents. It turns out Case was an observer with the 99th. Volume III of "The U.S. Air Service in World War 1" leaves no doubt. It shows him flying two missions on September 16, 1918 for a total of ninety minutes. A flight in the morning was described as a "courier" mission with a pilot named Eaton , that afternoon a reconnaissance with a pilot named Castleman. The 99th's observers had a rough time that day having one killed and one seriously wounded although the Squadron lost no aircraft.
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12 December 2007, 07:35 AM
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Lt. John Castleman. I probably have a photo of Eaton somewhere too, but thought you'd enjoy this.
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12 December 2007, 05:03 PM
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Thanks for the photo. It looks like the aircraft may be a Brit built Spad VII with the front fairing removed. Is there a story there or did he just want to send the girl back home a photo of himself as a dashing scout pilot?
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12 December 2007, 07:32 PM
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Not certain
The photo of Castleman is from the album of another 99th pilot and there are a few of them just like this either in SPAD's or Nieuport 28's. Could have just been a "See I am a fighter pilot" shot, but these guys were really pretty proud to be infantry liason/observation crew. They were acutely aware that what they did - though not quite so glamorous - directly affected the fighting along their portion of the front.
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