LESLIE MACDILL 1889-1938

Colonel MacDill (center) at flying school, North Island, San Diego, 1916 U.S. Air Force Photo

Colonel Leslie MacDill at Aerial Gunnery School, St. Jean de Monts, France, 1918 U.S. Air Force Photo

 

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA      The Air Corps suffered a great loss and grieved to learn of the death of Colonel Leslie MacDill, as the result of an airplane crash on the morning of 9 November, 1938, in Washington D.C.      The accident occurred several minutes after his take off from Bolling Field in a BC-1 aircraft.      Colonel MacDill was one of aviation’s early pioneers, and those who knew him well realized his special ability, his highly analytical mind, as well as his professional attainments.  His sound conclusions and helpful advice were constantly relied upon.   The complete and comprehensive biography, from which the three preceeding paragraphs were extracted, can be found by clicking on Colonel Leslie MacDill

 

Colonel Leslie MacDill Lost, 1938      Colonel Leslie MacDill lost his life in an airplane accident on the morning of November 9, 1938, at Anacostia, just after take-off in a BC-1. He transferred from the Coast Artillery to the Aviation Section, Signal Corps, in 1914 and was rated JMA July 2, 1915, which automatically advanced him to first lieutenant. He served with the First Aero Squadron from July to November 1915, and with the Second in the Phillippines until May 1917. In October he went overseas. At the time of his death he was serving as a member of the General Staff in Washington. from CHIRP - MARCH 1, 1939 - DEARBORN, MICHIGAN. - NUMBER 23. courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir

 

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