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UNITED STATES AIR FORCES

U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE

Army Air Orders

First Lieut. Arthur J. Melanson, A.S., 6th Corps Area, Chicago, to San Francisco, sailing on transport Oct. 15 for Manila, P.I.
First Lieut. Malcolm S. Lawton, A.S., upon completion of tour of foreign service, to Off. Chief A.S. Washington.
First Lieuts. Orvil A. Anderson and Don L. Hutchins, A.S., Scott Field, upon expiration of leave to A.S. Prim. Fly. Sch., Brooks Field.
Sec. Lieut. Howard M. Fery, A.S., Adv. Fly. Sch., Kelly Field, to Brooks Field.
First Lieut. Benjamin R. Morton, A.S., Walter Reed General Hospital, for observation and treatment to Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver.
Sec. Lieut. Edwards F. Booth, Inf., Spearfish, S. D., detailed to A.S. Prim. Fly. Sch., Brooks Field.
Spec. Orders July 1 amended to relieve Maj. Percy E. Van Nostrand, A.S., from duty Kelly Field and to direct him to report Com. Tact. Sch., Langley Field, for training.
Sec. Lieut. Howard G. Davidson, A.S., Kelly Field, to Prim. Fly. Sch., Brooks Field.
Capt. Chas. B. B. Bubb, A.S., Kelly Field, to Chanute Field. 
Spec. Orders July 5th amended to relieve Maj. Walter R. Weaver, A.S, from temp. duty Bolling Field and to direct him to proceed to Middletown, Pa.
First Lieut. David R. Stinson, A.S., Middletown, Pa., to Com. Off. Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, for observation and treatment.
Staff. Serg. John B. Hellen, A.S., Scott Field, transferred as private from 24th Airship Co. to detached enlisted men's list.
Spec. Orders July 22nd directing Sec. Lt. Clement A. McCalley, A.S., Brooks Field, to proceed to Fort Sam Houston, revoked. 
First Lieut. Harry A. Halverson, A.S., from tour of foreign service to Off. Chief A.S., Washington.
First. Lieut. Aubrey Hornsby, A.S., from temp. duty Maxwell Field and further assignment Langley Field, to Com. Off. Maxwell Field.
Spec. Orders Aug. 6, amended to assign First Lieut. Isaiah Davies, A.S to duty as exec. off. 8th Attack Wing.
First Lieut. John Ray Fanselow, A.S. Off. Res. Corps, Madison, Wis., to active duty Camp Perry, to be relieved Sept, 15 and to revert to inactive status on arrival home.
First Lieut. Samuel C. eaton, jr., A.S., granted leave of one month twenty-four days from Nov. 10, 1924, at the expiration of which he will sail for Canal Zone. 
First Lieut. Frank P. Albrook, A.S., Chanute Field, to Walter Reed General Hospital for observation and treatment. 
Sec. Lieut. Frank P. Albrook, A.S., transferred to Coast Art. Corps, from Kelly Field, to temp. duty 7th Coast Art., Fort Hancock, and then to New York City, sailing for Hawaii Dec. 12
Sec. Lieut. Ben Early Cordell, A.S., transferred to Coast Art. Corps, from Brooks Field, to 12th Coast Art., Fort Monroe.

A Fast Flight

Lieut. R. C. Moffatt, A.S., on Sept. 3 established a new unofficial record for flying between Boston and New York City, when he covered the 365 mi, round trip in 2 hr. 12 min. 
Lieutenant Moffatt, attached to the Air Service in the First Corps Area, used a Curtiss pursuit plane. His record for the trip included a seven-minute stop at Mitchel Field, L. I.
Starting from the airport in East Boston, Lieutenant Moffatt flew to New York in 58 min. The return trip was made in 1 hr. 7 min.

Lieut. Alex. Pearson Killed

Lieut. Alex. Pearson, A.S., one of the three Air Service entrants in the forthcoming Pulitzer Trophy race, was killed on Sept. 2 at Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, Ohio. when his Pulitzer racer dived from a height of 300 ft. into the ground. The pilot was either thrown out of the cockpit by the impact or jumped in the last minute in an effort to save his life, but he was dead when rescuers arrived on the scene of the crash.
Lieutenant Pearson, together with Capt. Burt Skeel and Lieutenant Brookley, the other two Army entrants in the Pulitzer race, was out for a trial spin when accident occurred. He was diving into the 3 km. speed course, and on flattening out the wings appear to have collapsed and the ship dived straight into the ground.
Alexander Pearson was born in Sterling, Kan, and attended the University of Oregon before entering the Air Service in 1918. He was appointed a Lieutenant the following July, but the Armistice prevented him from being sent overseas. He first gained general recognition as a crack flier in 1919, when he won the Transcontinental Air Race from New York to San Francisco out of a field of seventy-four entrants. A few years later, when he attempted to fly from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast with one stop he disappeared from view over the wilds of Western Texas, and a week or so later wandered back into civilization from his airplane which has been forced down in Mexico. In last year's Pulitzer race, Lieutenant Pearson had a close escape when his ship, a Verville-Sperry cantilever monoplane, became unmanageable in the air, apparently due to an unbalanced propeller. Although he was practically deprived of effective controls owing to the fuselage "weaving" under the terrific strain, Pearson managed to effect a safe landing.

Officers Assigned to Duty in Air Races

The following officers from the Fairfield Air Intermediate Depot, Fairfield, Ohio, have been assigned to duty for the International Air Races: Lieut. Samuel C. Eaton, Jr., Communications Officer; Lieut. H. A. Bartron, Officer in Charge of Property Checking; Maj. George H. Brett, Officer in Charge of Reception, Entertainment and Housing; Maj. H. J. Knerr, Officer in Charge of Airplane Messenger Service, Ferrying, Exhibition Flying an Incidental Flights; Lieut. W. J. Hanlon, Mess Officer; Lieut. Leon E. Sharon, Officer in Charge of Publicity and Press Relations; Maj. J. H. Rudolph, Engineer Officer and Operations Officer; and Lieut. C. E. Thomas, Supply Officer.

Third Attack Group Reorganized

The reorganization of the Third Attack Group at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., has been completed with the placing of the 13th and 26th Attack Squadrons on the inactive list and making the 8th and 90th attack Squadrons, respectively, their active associations. The latter units have been reduced to a strength of 90 men each, and the 60th Service Squadron to 42. The following named officers now compose the commissioned personnel of the Group since its reorganization: Maj. H. B. S. Burwell, Capt. J. H. Davidson, 1st Lieuts. L. A. Smith, F. M. Bartlet, C. McK. Robinson, R. C. Zettel, W. R. Peck, H. G. Crocker, J. E. Duke and W. E, Wheeler.

Mileage Covered by Langley Field Pilots

The following is an estimate of cross-country man miles flown by officers and enlisted men of the 2nd Bombardment Group, Langley Field, Va., during the period Jan. 1 to July 1, 1924:
January, 13,295; February, 10,420; March, 22,415; April, 24,968; May, 32,815; June, 11,947.

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