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2Lt. Irving Aloysius "I.A." Peers
Royal Flying Corps 98 Squadron
from:Boston, MA, USA
I.A. Peers joined the Imperial Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and received his training at Camp Borden, Ontario, Canada. When sent to Europe, he was stationed with No. 98 Squadron, a bombing unit. His plane, an Airco DH9, was shot down over Belgium in 1918 and he was a POW in Rastatt, Germany for the duration of the war.
Upon his repatriation and return to the US, he enlisted with the Navy and was stationed in Great Lakes, Illinois for training. In March 1920 he deserted and went AWOL. Story is he became a barnstormer and because he was in trouble for deserting, he changed his name to Arthur J Doyle.
Eventually he changed his name back to Irving Aloysius Peers. I.A. was a door-to-door salesman. It's not known exactly why he kept moving west away from his Boston family but eventually he and his wife along with their children settled in Rochester, NY. Irving Peers died suddenly in 1948 at age 49.
