Education
Holden returned to college at Princeton, graduated, and took up his father"s profession of architect.
Holden returned to college at Princeton, graduated, and took up his father"s profession of architect.
Holden dropped out of Princeton and went to France to join the fight. He then transferred to the 95th Aeronautical Squadron in July as a Spad XIII pilot. He survived being shot down on 10 August before he scored his first victory on 29 September 1918.
After destroying that German observation balloon, it would take him almost a month to score again.
On 23 October, Holden teamed with Edward Peck Curtis to down a Fokker Doctorate.VII at 1630 hours, and then shot down another balloon solo. Four days later, Holden shot down a Hannover CL. He turned balloon buster again for his last three victories, on 30 October and 3 and 4 November 1918.
The following year, he took up arms again, serving as a captain during the Rif War in Morocco, and winning the Légion d"honneur. In 1932, he briefly went to Hollywood to work on movies.
He then returned to New New York
He became an officer in the Air National Guard"s 102nd Observation Squadron. On 13 November 1938, while attempting a landing in dodgy weather, he crashed to his death near Sparta, Tennessee.
He was originally attached to French aviation"s Escadrille 461 in April 1918 to defend Paris against German air attack.