Excerpt from Flying Officers of the U. S. N A brief history of the corps, together with articles pertaining to a few of its branches and activities, and a comprehensive collection of pictures illustrating its salient features comprise the remainder of the book. Primary consideration has been given to the personnel section Of the volume, and the text matter has consequently been made secondary in some instances. To have done full justice to the excellent work which was performed at the air stations and to have treated all the various branches and activities would have required more space than was available. Especial thanks are due, and are hereby acknowledged, to the following men for their hearty cooperation and assistance in producing this book. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.