Nice one
Cheers, Ade.
Nice one
Cheers, Ade.
Thanks again Erick for all the work that you put into this posting. It certainly deserves more comments than have already been offered in my opinion...
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I am scanning some of the letters from Hasselman's time with the 88th Aero Squadron and found one that I thought you folks might find interesting. He meets a fellow Hoosier by the name of John Jordan who is also assigned as an observer to the 88th Aero Squadron. The following is a description of an action that Jordan was involved in.
Jordan was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for this action. Here is part of his citation:
"Carried out a hazardous photographic mission over the enemy's lines (River Aisne). He was attacked by twelve enemy battle planes. In spite of wounds in the shoulder & leg he manned the machine guns enabling them to secure 36 valuable photographs"
He received credit for the following campaigns:
Wounded Fismes. Battles: Champagne-Marne, Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Chateau-Thierry
Erick-
I enjoyed reading that letter. Thank you for taking the time to scan it for us.
Do you happen to know which 88th AS ship(s) he flew? I have a large photo album belonging to a 166th AS mechanic. Coincidentally, their are a handful of 88th AS pics within the pages...
-Chuck
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