Deeds contributed to the rebuilding of Dayton and formation of the Miami Conservancy District after the Great Dayton Flood of 1913 . In 1914 , Deeds and Kettering founded the Engineers Club of Dayton.He founded the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company with Orville Wright , H. E. Talbott , and Kettering . Deeds was appointed Chief of Aircraft Production in Washington D.C . The Delco plant in Moraine , Ohio was expanded to manufacture the DeHavilland DH .4 bomber , the only American-built airplane to see action in World War I . More than 3,000 were built in Moraine . The company produced the Liberty engine . In 1917 , he joined the United States Army with the rank of colonel , taking the responsibility for military aircraft procurement at McCook Field , precursor to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Great Dayton Flood
Great Dayton Flood
Edward Andrew Deeds