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Charles
John
Biddle
May 13, 1890

–

March 22, 1972

Cemetery:

Cremated

A graduate of Princeton and Harvard, during World War I Charles Biddle became an ACE and was credited with a total of 7 aerial victories. After the war he wrote the book “The Way of the Eagle.”

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Service Cross

    Service:

    United States Army Air Service

    Rank:

    Captain (Air Service)

    Batallion:

    13th Aero Squadron

    Regiment:

    2d Pursuit Group

    Division:

    American Expeditionary Forces

    Action Date:

    September 26, 1918
    War Department, General Orders No. 60 (1920)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain (Air Service) Charles John Biddle, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 13th Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, U.S. Army Air Service, A.E.F., in the region of Damvillers, France, 26 September 1918. During an engagement between 11 Spads and 12 enemy Fokkers, Captain Biddle, perceiving a comrade in distress from the attack of two planes, dived upon them and by his fire forced them to withdraw. His prompt action saved the life of his comrade, who was in imminent danger of being shot to the ground.