New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records (1919)
Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company · leaf 64
e had numerous encounterswith enemy planes and received official confirmation on eightplanes and one balloon. On Dec. 5, 1918, at Souilly, he was decor-ated by General Liggett with the Distinguished Service Cross andone oak leaf. Lieut. Wright returned to the U.S. on March 13, 1919, and… … CHESTER ELLIS WRIGHT enemy planes; despite numerical superiority he forced the planes to with-draw and destroyed the enemy balloon. A Bronze Oak Leaf For extraordinary heroism in action near Bantheville, France, 23 Oct.,1918. Lieut. Wright, accompanied by one other machine, attacked and sentdown in…
Biography · Aeronautics · World War, 1914-1918
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