Arch Freeman

Arch Freeman
Full name	Archibald A. Freeman
Born	c. 1890 Flushing, Queens
Died	June 27, 1918 (aged 28) Moraine, Ohio
Spouse	Helen Stevens (1912–1918)
Aviation career
Flight license	January 10, 1912 Dayton, Ohio

Archibald A. "Arch" Freeman (c. 1890 – June 27, 1918) was an American pilot during the early years of aviation.

Freeman was born in Flushing, Queens to Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Freeman. His parents did not have a birth certificate issued for Freeman, but according to his widow he was born circa 1890. He attended public schools in Flushing.

Freeman attended the Wright Flying School on Long Island, New York, where he was instructed by Arthur L. Welsh. In addition to being Welsh's pupil, Freeman also served as his assistant. He assisted Welsh and did some flying during Robert J. Collier's October 1911 aerial exhibition at his estate outside Wickatunk, New Jersey. He later went to Dayton, Ohio to train under Oscar Brindley. On January 10, 1912 he was granted a pilot's license (#84) by the Aero Club of America in Dayton, Ohio.

That May he became an assistant flying instructor at the General Aviation Corporation flight school at Atwood, Park in Saugus, Massachusetts. The school had more than any other aviation school in the country (43). Although the field's namesake, Harry Atwood, was the chief instructor, Freeman did most of the flying. His students included Jack McGee, H. Roy Waite, and Ruth Bancroft Law.

On May 20, 1912, Freeman and Waite took part in a mock bombing of Fort Heath, Fort Banks, and the battleships New Jersey and Rhode Island (which were anchored Boston Harbor) by dropping sacks of flour with a note stating "What if this bomb, instead of flour, contained nitroglycerin's deadly power?" onto the targets.

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