biographical statement

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Ancestry.com, via WWW, Dec. 11, 2013 (Charles H. Dolan; Charles H. Dolan II; Charles H. Dolan, Jr.; Charles Dolan; Charles Heavy Dolan; b. Jan. 29, 1895 in Mass.; parents: Charles H. and Annie M. Dolan; m. 1921 to Ramona, one child; d. Dec. 31, 1981 in Honolulu, Hawaii; served in Air Force, 1918-1920, 1951-1955; lived in Washington, D.C. (1920) working as division chief for government; lived in Dekalb, Ga. (1930) as an air transport manager; lived in New York, N.Y. (1940) as aviation executive)

New England aviators, 1914-1918, 1919: p. 29 (Charles H. Dolan, Jr.; son of Charles H. and Anne (Mainwaring) Dolan; b. Jan. 29, 1895 in Boston, Mass.; graduated from Mechanic Arts High School; studied electrical engineering at Mass. Institute of Tech.; chief inspector of munitions factory in England, 1914-1915; installing engineer for Sperry Gyroscope Co., 1915-1916; joined French Air Service, Aug. 1916, assigned to Lafayette Escadrille; transferred to American Expeditionary Forces, 1918; remained in Army, teaching at flight and gunnery school in Fla., then in O.D.A.S. Information Group, Washington, D.C.)

Air & Cosmos, Jan. 9, 1982 (Charles H. Dolan; graduated as pilot from Blériot School in Mar. 1917; joined Lafayette Escadrille in May 1917; after war spent time in China establishing flight school, postal service, and commercial airlines; lived in Hawaii with wife, establishing aerodromes and developing air traffic in islands)

New York times, Jan. 2, 1982: p. 22 (Charles H. Dolan; ace pilot; sent by government to help est. Chinese Air Force after World War I; m. Ramona Frances Morgan of Honolulu, Hawaii; moved to Hawaii in 1924 to map airport locations; recalled to service during World War II and Korean War, left service as a colonel; consultant to airplane manufacturers, safety investigator, and advisor to United States Senate; retired to Honolulu in 1969)

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