Frank Otis

Frank "Jesse" Otis (1905-1937) was a Boston surgeon and flight surgeon for the Massachusetts Air National Guard's 101st Observation Squadron who was memorialized after his death when Otis Field was named after him.

Biography

Frank Otis was born on 19 Jun 1905 in Chicago, Illinois to Frank J. Otis, Sr. and Mabel Howe. Frank was an intern at the Boston City Hospital. He was a graduate of the Harvard University Medical School. He was also a member of the 101st Observation Squadron, based at Camp Edwards on Cape Cod. On January 11, 1937, while traveling to his parents' house in Moline, Illinois, his plane went down in the Illinois River near Hennepin.[1] At the time of his death, he was a Second Lieutenant in the Air National Guard. The official military explanation says that he was killed on a cross country training mission, and this is backed up by the fact that he was flying a Douglas O-46A. In 1938, the airfield at Camp Edwards was named Otis Field after him.[2]

References
  1. Otis Air National Guard Base#World War II
  2. "Resources > Fact Sheets > Otis Air National Guard Base and the Massachusetts Military Reservation". Falmouth, Massachusetts: 102nd Intelligence Wing Public Affairs Office. 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2010.


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