Westover, Oscar, 1883-1938

Oscar F. Westover enlisted as a private in the Army in 1901 and the following year won an appointment to the U. S. Military Academy. He was commissioned in the Infantry in 1906. After assignments in the Philippines, Washington, and Alaska, he transferred to the Signal Corps and then the aviation section. Westover attended the Air Service Airship School, the Air Service Primary Flying and Advanced Flying Schools, the Air Corps Tactical School, and Command and General Staff School. As a result of this schooling, Westover was awarded aeronautical ratings as a balloon observer, airship pilot, airplane pilot, and airplane observer. By 1931, he was appointed assistant to the chief of the Air Corps and promoted to brigadier general. General Westover succeeded Benjamin Foulois as chief of the Army Air Corps in 1935. He died at age 55 when the plane he was piloting burst into flames upon landing.

From the description of Oscar Westover collection, 1917-1951. (US Air Force Academy). WorldCat record id: 302423641

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