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| Name: |
George Willard Furlow |
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| Country: |
United States |
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Lieutenant |
| Service: |
United States Air Service |
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103rd Aero |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
24 March 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
| Died: |
November 1959 |
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The son of Mrs. S. C. Furlow, 504 West College Street, Rochester, Minnesota, George Willard Furlow enlisted in the United States Air Service and was assigned to the 103rd Aero Squadron on 25 July 1918. He scored five victories flying the SPAD XIII. |
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) |
| The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Willard Furlow, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Charey, France, September 13, 1918. Lieutenant Furlow, while leading a patrol of three monoplace planes at an altitude of 400 meters, met and attacked an enemy patrol of seven monoplace planes. Despite numerical superiority, he destroyed two of the enemy's planes and with the aid of his companions forced the others to withdraw.
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 1919 |
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| Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) Leaf Cluster |
| The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to George Willard Furlow, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action in the region of Verneville, France, September 17, 1918. Lieutenant Furlow, while on a patrol with two companions, met and attacked an enemy formation of eight planes. In the course of the combat which ensued, Lieutenant Furlow's plane was severely damaged by the enemy's fire. Despite the damage, he continued the attack until he had destroyed one hostile aircraft, and with his patrol forced the remainder of the enemy to retire.
General Orders No. 20, W.D., 191 |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
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11 Aug 1918 |
1005 |
103rd |
SPAD XIII |
Albatros C 1 |
Flirey |
| 2 |
13 Sep 1918 |
1700 |
103rd |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII 2 |
Charey |
| 3 |
13 Sep 1918 |
1700 |
103rd |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII 2 |
Charey |
| 4 |
17 Sep 1918 |
1620 |
103rd |
SPAD XIII |
Fokker D.VII |
Verneville |
| 5 |
27 Oct 1918 |
1500 |
103rd |
SPAD XIII |
Halberstadt C 3 |
Le Mort Homme |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt Edgar Tobin |
| 2 |
Shared with Lt Charles d'Olive |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt Thomas Cassady, Lt B E Brown |
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| Books |
- American Aces of World War 1
- by Norman Franks, Harry Dempsey (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (September 25, 2001)
- Over the Front
- by Norman L. R. Franks, Frank W. Bailey / Hardcover / Grub Street the Basement (May 1992)
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