David Putnam
David Endicott Putnam (December 10, 1898–September 12, 1918) was an American flying ace of World War I.
A descendant of General Israel Putnam he was born at Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts and attended Harvard University before joining the Lafayette Flying Corps of the French Air Service in 1917. In June of the following year, he joined the United States Air Service.
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