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Captain Harold Robert Buckley (4 April 1896 – 13 June 1958) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Harold Robert Buckley, of Agawam, Massachusetts, was one of two aces who attended Phillips Academy, Andover. He went overseas with the Andover Ambulance Unit in April 1917 but wanted to do more: On 25 October 1917 he enlisted in the United States Signal Corps, Aviation Section.
Harold Robert Buckley. DATE OF BIRTH: April 4, 1896. PLACE OF BIRTH: Westfield, Massachusetts. HOME OF RECORD: Agawam, Massachusetts. Before the war Lieutenant Buckley attended the...
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Harold Robert Buckley, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Perle, France, August 10, 1918. Lieutenant Buckley was on a patrol protecting a French biplane observation machine, when they were suddenly set upon by six enemy planes.
Captain Harold Robert Buckley was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.[1] Buckley was one of the American pilots who came to aviation via an ambulance service. Once in France, he joined the U.S. Army Air Service in Paris.
On 14 June 1941 the site was named Buckley Field in honor of 1Lt John Harold “Buck” Buckley, a World War I pilot from Longmont, Colorado. Born 8 July 1895 and the grandson of one of Longmont’s founders, Lt Buckley was assigned to the 28th Aero Squadron in France.
Harold Buckley's passing at the age of 80 has been publicly announced by Harry H. Witzke's Family Funeral Home Inc. in Ellicott City, MD. Legacy invites you to offer condolences and share...
