Charles deForest Chandler



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.

Biography
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1878. He died on May 18, 1939.