Barksdale was testing a Douglas O-2 observation airplane for spin characteristics over McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, and did not recover from a flat spin.
While parachuting out of the plane, his parachute caught in the wing's brace wires, and he went down with the plane.
He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Barksdale was testing a Douglas O-2 observation airplane for spin characteristics over McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, and did not recover from a flat spin. While parachuting out of the plane, his parachute caught in the wing's brace wires, and he went down with the plane. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
Eugene Hoy Barksdale