Oscar Brindley


Oscar Brindley was a pioneering United States aviator, barnstormer, instructor and military pilot. He was trained at the Wright Brothers Flying School in Dayton Ohio.

Death

Having reached the rank of Major in the Army Brindley was killed May 2, 1918 at Dayton Ohio with Col. Henry Damm while testing a new American built Airco DH.4, the American version of the De Havilland DH-4. Reportedly the DH-4 dropped to the ground while making a turn at 400 feet.