Leonard Arthur Christian [SEP] conflict
Leonard Arthur Christian
Lieutenant Leonard Arthur Christian was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories scored while he flew as an observer/gunner on Airco DH.9 bombers.
Early life.
Christian was born on a farm near Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada on 9 May 1889. HIs parents were Josephine E. and Joseph W. Christian. He was a bachelor horse breeder until he joined the military for World War I.
World War I.
Christian underwent pilot's training and graduated as a probationary Flying Officer
Delavan Leonard Pierson
Delavan Leonard Pierson (1867-1952) was an American Presbyterian pastor, Christian leader, and writer. He was educated at Princeton University (B.A., 1890; M.A., 1894) and Princeton Theological Seminary (B.D., 1894), and was licensed by the Presbytery of New Brunswick in 1894. He was the first son of Arthur Tappan Pierson who was an American Presbyterian pastor, Christian Leader, and missionary to Korea where A. T. Pierson established the Pierson Memorial Bible School(present Pyeongtaek University) in Seoul in