[2] For taking part in shooting down German aircraft and airplane raiding missions, he was awarded the Military Medal with the RFC in November 1917.

[3] During the last part of World War I he was undergoing training in England as a pilot in Sopwith Camels.

"Arch" Whitehouse was a writer postwar for magazines such as Flying Aces on First World War aviation, creating characters like The Griffon, Coffin Kirk, and others.

In the 1960s, he wrote a wide range of books, both fiction and non-fiction on aviation and similar military topics.

More recently, some of his pulp fiction have been reprinted by several publishers, including Altus Press.