[[File:Frank Barney Bellows Leslie's Weekly, Dec. 14, 1918 edition.png|thumb|210x210px|Frank Barney Bellows circa 1918]] {{Short description|American soldier (1896–1918)}} Lt. '''Franklin Barney Bellows''' (July 9, 1896 – September 13, 1918) was an American soldier of [[World War I]]. [[Bellows Air Force Station]] in the U.S. state of [[Hawaii]] is named in his honor.
A son of John Austin and Cora Barney Bellows, he grew up in Evanston and Kenilworth, Illinois.<ref name=":1" /> Bellows graduated from [[New Trier High School]]<ref name=":0" /> and [[Northwestern University]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title="Franklin Barney Bellows, alumnus" – Northwestern Remembers the First World War |url=https://sites.northwestern.edu/ww1/people/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Northwestern University}}</ref> and "enlisted in the first officer's training camp at [[Sheridan Reserve Center|Fort Sheridan]]. In November 1917, he was assigned to the [[50th Aero Squadron]]." While flying "early in the morning of the second day of the [[Battle of Saint-Mihiel|St. Mihiel offensive]] in spite of low clouds, high winds, and mist, flying at an altitude of only 300 meters, and without protection of accompanying battle planes"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franklin Bellows - Recipient - |url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/15753 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=valor.militarytimes.com |language=en}}</ref> Bellows' plane was hit with machine gun fire<ref name=":1" /> and he "died in the line of duty after securing crucial information on a reconnaissance mission in France."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Rachel |date=2020-05-21 |title=Remembering Those Who Served this Memorial Day |url=https://wilmettehistory.org/blog/remembering-those-who-served-this-memorial-day/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Wilmette Historical Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> Bellows was the observer; the pilot David C. Beebe survived the mission and returned the plane back behind allied lines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Beebe - Recipient - |url=http://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/15751 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=valor.militarytimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
According to a government statement released at the time of the renaming:<ref name=":2" />
{{Blockquote|text=Early in the morning of 13 September 1918, he departed with 2nd. Lt. D. C. Beebe, the pilot on a reconnaissance mission over the lines for the 82nd Division of the 1st Corps, First Army, in the Saint Mihiel section. While flying over enemy territory at an altitude of more than 300 meters because of low-lying clouds, their aircraft received machine gun fire and anti-aircraft fire from the ground. Lt. Bellows was hit three times by machine gun bullets, which caused his death a few minutes later. Lt. Beebe succeeded in returning safely to the rear of the allied lines, landing at Brin northeast of Nancy.<ref name=":2" />}}
Bellows was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-29 |title=Distinguished Service Cross Recipients, World War I, 1917-1918 |url=https://valor.defense.gov/portals/24/documents/servicecross/armydsc-wwi.pdf |website=United States Department of Defense |language=en-us}}</ref> and the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]]. He is buried in the [[St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial|American Military Cemetery]] in [[Saint-Mihiel]], France.<ref name=":0" /> On August 19, 1933, the airfield at [[Waimanalo Military Reservation]], [[Territory of Hawaii]] was named in his honor.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=2nd Lieutenant Franklin B. Bellows |url=https://aviation.hawaii.gov/airfields-airports/oahu/bellows-field/2nd-lieutenant-franklin-b-bellows/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=aviation.hawaii.gov |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.bellowsafs.com/history Brief Historical Timeline of Bellows] * [https://artsandculture.google.com/story/chicago-and-the-great-war-chicago-history-museum/UgWRmsBDLjWrLw?hl=en Chicago and the Great War, Chicago History Museum]
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