Captain Maxwell Hutcheon Findlay DSC, DFC (17 February 1898 – 1 October 1936) was a Scottish World War I flying ace credited with 14 aerial victories.
By 30 May, his score was 14, including a shared win with Wallace, Charles Dawson Booker, Samuel Kinkead, James Henry Forman, Robert McLaughlin, Reginald Brading, R. Hemmens, and R. S. S.
[4] On 1 August 1919 Findley was granted a permanent commission as a lieutenant in the RAF,[5] and served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War and the Waziristan campaign.
[7] He also kept in touch with aviation; on 13 January 1925 Findlay was granted a commission in the RAF's Class "A" Reserves as a probationary flying officer,[8] being confirmed in his rank on 13 July 1925.
[7] 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).