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Keywords: Ensign S.S. Pierce, New York Naval Militia (cropped).jpg en Samuel S Pierce died August 4 1973 at his home in Milton Mass where he was a teacher for many years at the Milton Academy He was a grandson of Samuel S Pierce founder of the food chain that bears his name He was born in Wellesley Hills Mass January 23 1887 In 1910 he studied at the Louis Bleriot Flying School in France where he obtained a pilot's license He made his first solo flight March 23 1911 In 1916 he joined the New York Militia as Ensign and taught flying at Bayshore N Y He and a student were seriously injured in the smash-up of a Burgess-Dunne seaplane ending his flying career The balance of World War I he spent at the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia resigning as Lieutenant USNRF in 1921 due to poor health He is survived by his wife Mary Sweitzer Pierce a daughter Mrs Mary Pillsbury of Milton Mass and three grandchildren between ca 1915 and ca 1920 LOC-image ggbain 22181 George Grantham Bain Collection other versions Custom license marker 2015 07 23 PD-Bain Uploaded with UploadWizard United States Naval Militias People from Milton Massachusetts Ensign S S Pierce New York Naval Militia jpg
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