George Augustus Vaughn, Jr., Lieutenant, 17th Aero Squadron, World War One, 1988

Lieutenant George Augustus Vaughn, Jr.
DOB: 20 May 1897
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, NY
Inducted: May 1918
Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force.
United States. Army
World War, 1914-1918
Great Britain. -- Royal Air Force. -- Squadron, 9 (9th)
United States. -- Army. -- Aero Squadron, 17th.
United States. -- Army. -- Air Service. -- Aero Squadron, 17th.
New York (State). National Guard. Division Air Service, 27th
New York (State). National Guard. Observation Squadron, 102nd
Interview is two separate segments: one TV by interview Charles Gibson on Good Morning America on Veterans Day along with John Pavlic and Herbert Houston; the second is a speech by Vaughn at the Air University.
Also interviewed by the University of Texas at Dallas, McDermott Library, 28 June 1972
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, American and by Colonel Charles 'Chuck' B. DeBellevue then a student at the Army War College.
Vaughn, George Augustus, Jr.
Miller Field, Richmond County (Staten Island), New York State
SE-5a; 17th Pursuit Squadron; 17th Aero Sqn.
Audio file from the University of Texas at Dallas, McDermott Library
Also interviewed in 1986. This has vintage footage of Miller Field in 1938. Also on this tape is an interview by Colonel Charles 'Chuck' B. DeBellevue then a student at the Army War College.
Served in the Royal Air Force from May - August 1918. He flew an SE-5a.
In August 1918 he transferred into the US Army Air Service, 17th Pursuit Squadron.
After the war he commanded the 27th Division Air Service.
See also 2004.0552
Died 31 July 1989.
Interview was donated.
Transcribed by 1972 - Susan Bergmann
Veteran oral history interview published by the New York State Military Museum.
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