Cowell, Harold Cobb
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: Dec. 6, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* Fort Slocum, N.Y.
* Kelly Field, Tex.
* Camp Mills, N.Y.
* Royal Air Force A[e]rdrome, Croydon, England
Units to which belonged:
* 224th Aero Squadron
Date of trip overseas: March 19, 1918; Returned Dec. 5, 1918
Service there: Specialized training in air service at various a[e]rdromes of Roayal Air Force, England
Date of return: See above
Date of demobilization: Dec 21, 1918
Honors received: Sergeant

 

 

NOTES
Fort Slocum (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Slocum_(New_York)

Kelly Field Historic District (U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service)
http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/aviation/kel.htm

Camp Mills -- Training Camp, Embarkation Camp, Debarkation Camp (1917-1918) (Historic Hempstead Plains)
http://www.hempsteadplains.com/cmpmlsmn.htm

Croydon Airport (Our Transport Heritage)
http://www.transportheritage.com/find-heritage-locations.html?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=91&sobi2Id=273

Hofstra University - Camp Mills Photographs (The University)
http://cdm16373.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15281coll150