Barksdale, Eugene Hoy
Born: Nov 05, 1897 AD
Died: 1926 AD, at 28 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Aviators, Military Officer
Died: 1926 AD, at 28 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Aviators, Military Officer
1897 - Born on November 5th in Goshen Springs, Mississippi. American aviator and military officer.
- He volunteered for aviation training a few weeks before receiving his commission as a second lieutenant and enlisted in the aviation section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps as a private first class.
1917 - After completing the ground school course at the School of Military Aeronautics in Austin , Texas, he embarked for England September 18th and received his flying training with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) at Oxford and several other aviation schools in England.
1918 - He went to England to receive his flight training with the Royal Flying Corps and was assigned to the 41st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
1919 - Barksdale was assigned to Mitchel Field, Long Island.
1921 - He married Lura Lee Dunn.
1926 - Lost his life on August 11th, while flight testing an observation type airplane near McCook Field at Dayton, Ohio.
- At the time of Barksdale's death, he was acting chief of the test pilot section in the absence of the chief "Jimmy" Doolittle.
- He volunteered for aviation training a few weeks before receiving his commission as a second lieutenant and enlisted in the aviation section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps as a private first class.
1917 - After completing the ground school course at the School of Military Aeronautics in Austin , Texas, he embarked for England September 18th and received his flying training with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) at Oxford and several other aviation schools in England.
1918 - He went to England to receive his flight training with the Royal Flying Corps and was assigned to the 41st Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
1919 - Barksdale was assigned to Mitchel Field, Long Island.
1921 - He married Lura Lee Dunn.
1926 - Lost his life on August 11th, while flight testing an observation type airplane near McCook Field at Dayton, Ohio.
- At the time of Barksdale's death, he was acting chief of the test pilot section in the absence of the chief "Jimmy" Doolittle.
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