Background
Frank Otis was born on 19 June 1905 in Chicago, Illinois to Frank J. Otis, Senior and Mabel Howe.
Frank Otis was born on 19 June 1905 in Chicago, Illinois to Frank J. Otis, Senior and Mabel Howe.
Harvard Medical School.
Frank was an intern at the Boston City Hospital. He was a graduate of the Harvard University Medical School. At the time of his death, he was a Second Lieutenant in the air national guard.
The official military explanation says that he was killed on a cross country training mission, and this is backed up by the fact that he was flying a Douglas O-46A. In 1938, the airfield at Camp Edwards was named Otis Field after him.
He was also a member of the 101st Observation Squadron.