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Hi All !!

I am looking for info on Air Service Production Center No 2 or 20 something . I have a set of uniforms and orders for a 1st Lt ( later Capt. ) Bee R Osborne from 1920 .The orders state " He was relieved from duty in the Office of the Director of Air Service , Washington DC . and then was to report to the commanding Officer , Bolling Field , Anascostia DC for duty " . I am trying to find out about him . Any help would be great !!

I Thank You !!

Dave

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Hi All !!

I am looking for info on Air Service Production Center No 2 or 20 something . I have a set of uniforms and orders for a 1st Lt ( later Capt. ) Bee R Osborne from 1920 .The orders state " He was relieved from duty in the Office of the Director of Air Service , Washington DC . and then was to report to the commanding Officer , Bolling Field , Anascostia DC for duty " . I am trying to find out about him . Any help would be great !!

I Thank You !!

Dave

 

 

When was he at the "Air Service Production Center"?

 

Bolling later became Bolling Air Force Base - when I was a kid I lived in Navy housing next to it and we used to play on Bolling. On the other side of Bolling was Anacostia Naval Air Station. They call the area "Anacostia" but it's actually part of Washington DC. Neither of the bases have runways now.

 

There was a "Air Service Production Center No. 2" at Romorantin France used to assemble aircraft shipped in from elsewhere.

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When was he at the "Air Service Production Center"?

 

Bolling later became Bolling Air Force Base - when I was a kid I lived in Navy housing next to it and we used to play on Bolling. On the other side of Bolling was Anacostia Naval Air Station. They call the area "Anacostia" but it's actually part of Washington DC. Neither of the bases have runways now.

 

There was a "History of Air Service Production Center No. 2" at Romorantin France used to assemble aircraft shipped in from elsewhere.

 

Hi !!

I Thank You for the reply !! You made me realize something about what I have . 1 is the orders and the other is an envelope that I assumed went with them . Then with your reply It dawned on me that the envelope has " AEF Passed Censored " stamp on it and an" APO " after the address .

He must have been at the production Center in or about 1918 .

He must have been doing something when he was in Washington for 2 of his uniforms are standup collar whites . On the bad side someone removed all the insignia .

Is the history on line or is it a unit history book ?

I am attaching a copy of the photo copy I made of the originals . Sounds confusing .

Many Thanks You have helped a great deal . It was stairing me in the face and didn't see it !!

Dave

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Bee Rife Osborne was born 29 Jul 1887 in Kentucky and died 3 Mar 1948. The 1920 census show he and his family living in Washington DC, with his occupation listed as government clerk.

 

But the 1920 census also he and his family living in Kentucky with his occupation being, "Captain, Aviator."

 

(You can tell this is the same family because of the names ages of his wife and son)

 

By the 1930 census they were in Kentucky and he was a railroad telegraph operator.

 

His only son, Bee R Osborne Jr, was in the Army in WWII but died in July 1942 at age 25, apparently while home on leave.

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Bee Rife Osborne was born 29 Jul 1887 in Kentucky and died 3 Mar 1948. The 1920 census show he and his family living in Washington DC, with his occupation listed as government clerk.

 

But the 1920 census also he and his family living in Kentucky with his occupation being, "Captain, Aviator."

 

(You can tell this is the same family because of the names ages of his wife and son)

 

By the 1930 census they were in Kentucky and he was a railroad telegraph operator.

 

His only son, Bee R Osborne Jr, was in the Army in WWII but died in July 1942 at age 25, apparently while home on leave.

 

Thanks Again !! You have been most helpful !!!

Dave

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