Charles deForest Chandler
Chandler military portrait
Captain Charles Chandler with prototype Lewis Gun and Lt. Roy Carrington Kirtland in a Wright Model B Flyer after the first successful firing of a machine-gun from an aeroplane in June 1912.
Colonel Charles deForest Chandler (December 24, 1878 – May 18, 1939) was an American military aviator, and the first head of the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps that later became the United States Air Force. He was one of earliest aviators to show that a machine gun could be fired from an airplane.[1][2]
Biography
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1878. He commanded the balloon section of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.[1]
He died on May 18, 1939.[3][1]
Publications
- Balloon and airship gases (1926) with Walter Stuart Diehl
References
- 1 2 3 "Col. Chandler, 60, Air Force Pioneer. One of First Leaders of Army Aviation and Commander of A.E.F. Balloons, Dies. Flew 500 Miles In 1907. One of Earliest to Show That Machine Guns Could Be Fired From Planes". New York Times. May 19, 1939.
- ↑ "Charles deForest Chandler". Early Aviators. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ↑ "Charles deForest Chandler". Arlington Cemetery. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
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