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via email from Edward Prince, 10-15-06' Norman Prince's French death certificate is attached for your collection. As a distant cousin with similar connections as Norman, I would be interested in any memorabilia or information you might have to share on Norman Prince. I was shocked and surprised when my brother told me about Norman before my last trip to France. My wife is French and I love France and the French people. It appears that this was also the case with Norman as he spent some time as a youth in France. His father, Frederick, spent much time in Pau, France, where he organized hunts. I have visited Pau and have photos of the villa St Helene that Frederick donated to France. The villa is used as the official residence of the departmental prefet (governor). The villa was donated on condition that Norman's photo remain there. I hope to gain permission to see the painting one day. Also have photo of Avenue Norman Prince in Pau. My wife and I played the Pau Golf Club this summer. Frederick was club captain from 1934 to 1939. The club is the oldest on the European continent; being founded by the English in 1856. They celebrate their 150 year anniversary. Norman is mentioned in the memorial book put out by the club. I have much admiration for Norman and what he did. He had completed his education at Harvard and had a promise future in law as his father had him set up to practice in Chicago. The family was ultra wealthy. With all that he had going for him there was no readily apparent reason for him to go off to Europe and get involved in the war. But he did, and he paid the ultimate price. He is a hero as were the other Americans who volunteered and served. I am happy to see your collection of memorabilia and information on Norman Prince. |
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August, 1911 Harvard Law Student Surprises Friends by Flying for License as an Aviator Mr. Norman Prince, Son of Boston banker, Gives Credible Exhibition. RAIN STOPS EVENTS Programme Postponed Till Today, When Race by the Light and Return Will Take Place. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] Despite the rain, Norman Prince, son of F. H. Prince, a Boston banker, made two flights at the aviation field this morning under the name of George Manor in an effort to win an aviator's license. Mr. Prince, who is now a law student at Harvard, has been taking instructions in flying for several months at the establishment of the Burgess-Wright Company, at Marblehead, but very few of his friends knew that his intentions were to go so far as to become a licensed aviator. Mr. Prince appeared at the Burgess company hangar, accompanied by Frank T. Coffyn, one of the Wright Brothers' instructors. He represented himself as George Manor, a Burgess-Wright employee, who wished to give a demonstration of his ability and win an aviators license. One of the Burgess-Wright biplanes was tested, and at half-past seven o'clock Mr. Prince made his flight. He gave a clever exhibition. His "get-away" was perfect, and after flying around the course eleven times, about sixteen miles, at a height of about two hundred feet, he made another flight at half-past eight o'clock, and was in the air for about fifteen minutes. After landing this time he and Mr. Coffyn left for Boston. Mr. Prince's flights were watched by Henry A. Wise Wood, of New York, chairman of the committee in charge of licenses for this district. Captain Hugh L. Willoughby, of Newport, R. I., a member of the Technical Committee of the Aero Club of America, was with Mr. Wise Wood to see the flights. Earle L. Ovington made a short flight in his new Bleriot this afternoon. This is the first time he has been in the air since the beginning of the meet. Harry N. Atwood visited the field with the intention of making a flight, but changed his mind and returned to Boston in his automobile. If weather conditions are favorable tomorrow, the race to Boston Light and return will take place. TRUE TALES OF THE ANCIENT AVIATORS |
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Collection of Guillaume de Ramel, 8-31-04 |
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Collection of Paul Greenstein, 9-15-04 |
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via email from Paul Greenstein, 9-15-04 Editor's Note: I thank Paul for sharing the image of the card and the fascinating story of how he obtained it. I found it to be very amusing and I hope you did too. If you happen to know anything about the whereabouts of the missing photograph, please contact me and I will forward the information to Paul. |
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Left to Right:VICTOR CHAPMAN, ELLIOTT COWDIN, BERT HALL, WM. THAW, LT. DELAAGE, NORMAN PRINCE, J.R. MCCONNELL, K. ROCKWELL, CAPT. THENAULT Library of Congress Collection, 9-20-07 |
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Do Daring Work in France, The Cordele Dispatch, Wednesday, May 21, 1916, Transcribed by Bob Davis - June, 2004 The flotilla, including the craft piloted by Corporal Kiffen Rockwell, of Atlanta; Corporal James Rogers McConnell, of Carthage, N. C.; Sergeant Elliott Cowdin, of New York; Lieutenant William K. Thaw, of Pittsburg; Sergeant Norman Prince, of Boston; and Sergeant Hall, of Galveston, started at daybreak and spent nearly two hours reconnoitering under a hot fire but encountered no German machines. Corporal McConnell was flying at a height of 12,000 feet but German shells burst all around him, showing that the range of the German anti-aircraft guns had lengthened. Corporal Victor Chapman's machine was hit and driven out of its course, returning so late to its base as to cause anxiety regarding Chapman's fate. The aeroplane piloted by Lieutenant Thaw lost part of its tail piece and the propeller was damaged by a shell. Three more Franco-American flotillas are to be organized from the forty additional American volunteers now in training. |
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drawn by Eric Pape Contributed by Warren Coolidge, 12-11-09 |
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via email from unknown, 3-1-11' My first knowledge of Norman Prince was through my association with drum and bugle corps. Post #1506 of the V.F.W. (Lt. Norman Prince Post) sponsored a corps, and it was from the notes on one of their recordings that I learned of him and the meaning of esprit de corps. From their inception they carried the "tri-colour" in his honour. "Prince," as they are affectionately called, was a force in drum and bugle corps circles for decades. But, alas, everything must pass. Although times have changed, I, for one, will remember and honour the memory of Norman. The Princemen have a steadfast alumni association to which I now belong. |
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Lt Norman Prince VFW Post No. 1506 Malden, Mass |
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Witchcraft, awful architecture, first flight, slavery reparations. This very comprehensive article was written by Edward S. Russell '78, President, Plum Island Community Airfield Inc., Byfield, Mass. It tells a fascinating story, featuring the important roles of several pioneer aviators and offers two important photographs of the Herring-Burgess #1 biplane, Courtesy of Burgess Aviation Museum, Plum Island Airfield, on loan from Bartlett Gould Collection. Following is an introductory paragraph extracted from the article. "The first airplane flight in New England occurred almost two months earlier than Lenger reported. (See the article immediately below.) On February 28, 1910, the Herring-Burgess #1 biplane, piloted by Augustus M. Herring, took off from the frozen surface of Chebacco Lake in Hamilton. The host for the flight was Norman Prince '09, LL.B. '11, a Law School student who, as legend has it, invited W. Starling Burgess '01 and Herring to try out their flying machine at his family estate while his parents were in Europe and young Prince was supposed to be studying. (Prince later cofounded the Lafayette Escadrille, a corps of American aviators who flew for France prior to the U.S. entry into World War I. He was killed in a crash on a mission in 1916.)" I suggest that you will be well rewarded by reading the whole article. |
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G.G. Bain photo collection Submitted by John Wickre, 4-28-06 Norman Prince in Group Other Bain images with related numbers date to ca. 1916. There are larger .tiff versions of both of these images. If you search the entire LC PNP database you will find two small photos of a Norman Prince Memorial in the National Cathedral: Norman Prince Memorial - 2 There are no larger files for these images (the .tiff files are the same size -- 350x420 pixels). Hope you find this of interest. -- John Wickre Editor's Note: We thank John for alerting us to this very helpful resource. You will find that each of the photographs can be enlarged by clicking on them. In the case of the group photo, it will be enlarged to the point that you can easily read the legend which identifies each of the members. |
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Pilot Biographies by Dennis Gordon Product Details Paperback: 271 pages Publisher: Gordon, Otoupalik, and Schultz (G.O.S.); (November 1991) ISBN: 0942258010 This book was recommended to me by Albert Marceu who is involved with a group of people who are putting together a museum exhibit of the Lafayette Escadrille at the New England Air Museum, (1-23-04). It is currently out of print but an extensive summary of the book may be seen on the Amazon website. You can view a number of sample pages by clicking on: |
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Collection of Guillaume de Ramel, 8-31-04 |
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three days after crash landing on Oct 12th Personal communication from Guillaume de Ramel, 8-31-04 |
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If you have any more information on this Early Flier, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper Back 
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