Show HEADS LEGION AD MENS POST maj reed landis one on of the airplane aces chairman 0 of f committee mattea on aeronautics maj reed G landis chairman of the american legions national committee in attee on aeronautics Is a man qualified fied to speak and act on this subject according to his war record major landis has nearly a dozen enemy airplanes to his credit and was in some stirring lne engagements ot of course great deeds ore are to be expected of the son ot of such a virile american figure as judge kenesaw mountain landis but the young man his has won a record ot of his own major landis was a member of the old first illinois cavalry when the troops massed on the southern border in 1916 1016 though discharged from service there he was recalled in 1917 and was sent to the first officer offic ersT sf training camp only to be transferred to the air service becoming a student of the ground school lie ile took flying instructions at the university of illinois flying field was sent to fingland bigland and assigned to tho the fortieth squadron british expeditionary forces then flying the single sealers ile he accounted officially tor for ten hun planes before he was relieved i S M 4 maj reed G landis from the british service to take command of the twenty fifth squadron of the american forces after commanding this organization for a short time he was ordered home and was attached to general woods headquarters stair staff at chicago as departmental air service of officer fleer for his ability with aircraft major landis landia was awarded the highly coveted british flying cross a decoration much sought by all english aviators As a writer he ha has contributed to a number of periodicals with special articles on the air service major landis has been commander of the advertising mens post of the american legion in chicago and has been called on to speak before many legionnaires throughout the country in addition to his duties as chairman chairmen of the national aeronautics committee |