Charles deForest Chandler, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Charles deForest Chandler

American aviator

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1878

Date of Death: 18-May-1939

Profession: military officer, balloonist, aircraft pilot

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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.