and sales manager. Findlay was killed on 1 October 1936, while taking part in The Schlesinger African Air Race, when his Airspeed Envoy crashed into trees on takeoff in Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia (now Mbala, Zambia). Honours and awards Distinguished Service Cross Flight Sub-Lieutenant Maxwell Hutcheon Findlay, RNAS. For the courage and daring displayed by him as a pilot. On 8 March 1918, whilst on patrol, he engaged an Albatross scout, firing effectively from very close range. The enemy aircraft went down completely out of control. He has also destroyed or driven down out of control many other enemy machines. Distinguished Flying Cross Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Maxwell Hutcheon Findlay, DSC. A skilful and courageous patrol leader. During the past few months this officer has destroyed seven enemy machines and brought down seven more out of control. On one occasion he fought an enemy machine from 18,000 feet down to an altitude of 10,000 feet, at which point he gained an advantage and destroyed his antagonist. Endnotes References Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920 (1990). Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street. , . 1898 births 1936 deaths People from Aberdeen Black Watch soldiers Royal Naval Air Service aviators Royal Air Force personnel of World War I British World War I flying aces Scottish flying aces British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Afghan War British military personnel of the Waziristan Campaign Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1936