Oscar Westover (July 23, 1883 - September 21, 1938) was a major general and chief of the United States Army Air Corps when he died. Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ...

He was born in Bay City, Michigan and enlisted in the Army when he was 18. He began his service as a private beffore being appointed to West Point. He graduated from there in 1906 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. For the fictional town seen on Another World, see Bay City (Another World). ... Alternate meanings: West Point (disambiguation). ... Second Lieutenant is the lowest commissioned rank in many armed forces. ...

During World War I he served as a major in the Signal Corps, before being transferred into the Air Corps. He was named assistant chief of the Air Corps in 1931. In 1935, he succeeded Benjamin D. Foulois as chief of the Army Air Corps. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Signal Corps is a military branch, usually subordinate to a countrys army. ...

He died in a plane crash. The small two seater he was flying in perfect weather crashed short of the runway at Lockheed Aircraft's air field in Burbank, California, now known as Bob Hope Airport. Westover's plane crashed into a house at 1007 Scott Road in Burbank. No one on the ground was killed, but the other passenger in the plane also died. This article or section should be merged with Burbank, Los Angeles County, California This article is about the Burbank in Southern California. ... Bob Hope Airport, formerly known as the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, is located in Burbank, California, United States (including Hawaii). ...

He was succeeded by Hap Arnold. Henry Harley Arnold (June 25, 1886 - January 15, 1950), often referred to by the nickname Hap, was an American pilot, commander of the US Army Air Corps from 1938, commander of the US Army Air Forces from 1941 until 1945 and the first General of the Air Force in 1949. ...

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Robert E. Lees home. ...