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| Sergeant Henry Ogden, 24, was mechanician of the Boston, grew up on one of the four cotton
plantations owned by his father between Natchez and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Extremely shy and modest but
adventuresome and courageous, he was very similar in temperament to Jack Harding who had come from a similar
background. Ogden's mechanical aptitude surfaced early when, as a youngster, he repaired his father's farming
machinery and equipment. Ogden attended business college in New Orleans but soon left to join the Air Service
in 1919. During the six weeks of studying aircraft engines at the repair depot in Montgomery, Alabama, he
resurrected many dead engines that no others could bring back to life, earning him the nickname "Houdini",
after the legendary magician. Within five months he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. In his off duty
hours he enjoyed wingwalking and jumping from plane to plane in flight. Smith and Nelson chose him after
testing as one of the most knowledgeable and skilled mechanicians in the Air Service. | ||
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