Osbert Edwin Williams Jr. Explained

Osbert Edwin Williams Jr.
Birth Date:	15 December 1875
Birth Place:	Webster Township, Michigan
Death Place:	Mobile, Alabama
Other Names:	O. E. Williams Bert Williams
Parents:	Osbert Edwin Williams Sr.

Osbert Edwin Williams Jr. (December 15, 1875 – October 25, 1917) was a pioneer aviator. He started the Williams Aeroplane Company.

Biography

He was born on December 15, 1875, in Webster Township, Michigan to Osbert Edwin Williams Sr. and Sarah E. Williams (née Cook).^[1]

He was working for the railroad when he became interested in aviation. He started a flying school and aircraft manufacturing company in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

He died on October 25, 1917, in Mobile, Alabama.^[2]

Students

Many of his students died in crashes or served in World War I.^[3]

• Albert Boshek (1890–1917)
• Ransom A. Fowler (1889–1916)
• Don McGee (1896–1917)
• Harold M. Bruner
• Leroy Wilson (aviator)
• Lieutenant Cyrus K. Bettis (1893–1926) served in World War I
• Lieutenant John Burns (aviator) served in World War I
• Captain E. G. Knapp (?–1928) served in World War I
• Lieutenant John Thad Johnson (1893–1927) served in World War I
• Sid Robberts

External links

• Regulator for dampers and the like (1912)
• Osbert Edwin Williams Jr. at Early Aviators

Notes and References

1. Book: Billy J. Singleton . Mobile Aviation. 2011 . . 9781439641606.
2. News: Aviator Williams Dies . . October 26, 1917 . 2013-12-23 .
3. Web site: Osbert Edwin Williams . 2014-08-14 . .