Jindra, Otto

     
Příjmení:
Surname:
Jindra Jindra
Jméno:
Given Name:
Otto Otto
Jméno v originále:
Original Name:
Otto Jindra
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Hodnost:
Rank:
major Major
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Datum, místo narození:
Date and Place of Birth:
18.03.1886 Chlumec-Pilař u Třeboně1) /
18.03.1886 Chlumec-Pilar u Trebone1) /
Datum, místo úmrtí:
Date and Place of Decease:
02.05.1932 Praha /
02.05.1932 Prague /
Nejvýznamnější funkce:
(maximálně tři)
Most Important Appointments:
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- velitel Letecké roty 1 (Fliegerkompanie 1)
- velitel Letecké skupiny G (Fliegergruppe G)
- velitel Československého leteckého sboru (1919)
- Commander, Air Company 1 (Fliegerkompanie 1)
- Commander, Air Group G (Fliegergruppe G)
- Commander, Czechoslovak Air Corps, in 1919
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(maximálně tři)
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Historie a Vojenství číslo 2 a 3/2009
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Příjmení:
Surname:
Jindra Jindra
Jméno:
Given Name:
Otto Otto
Jméno v originále:
Original Name:
Otto Jindra
Všeobecné vzdělání:
General Education:
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Vojenské vzdělání:
Military Education:
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Důstojnické hodnosti:
Officer Ranks:
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DD.MM.1912 nadporučík
01.09.1915 kapitán
01.10.1919 major
DD.MM.1905 Leutnant
DD.MM.1912 Oberleutnant
01.09.1915 Captain
01.10.1919 Major
Průběh vojenské služby:
Military Career:
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10.09.1914-21.01.1915 Flik 1 (1. letecká rota) (letecký pozorovatel)
21.01.1915-14.12.1915 Flik 1 (letecký pozorovatel/velitel)
14.12.1915-12.04.1918 Flik 1 (pilot/velitel)
12.04.1918-04.05.1918 Flig G (letecká skupina) (velitel)
04.05.1918-10.12.1918 hospitalizace
07.12.1918-01.03.1921 Československé letectvo (přísahal už 2. listopadu)
10.12.1918-29.03.1919 Letecký sbor (zástupce velitele)
29.03.1919-20.06.1919 Skupina přeškolení na francouzskou leteckou techniku (velitel)
28.08.1919-31.10.1919 Letecký sbor (velitel)
31.10.1919-05.09.1920 Československé vojenské letectvo (zástupce velitele)
05.09.1920-01.03.1921 Velitelství Československého vojenského letectva
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DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR mountain artillery regiment
DD.MM.RRRR-10.09.1914 14th moutain artillery regiment (adjutant)
10.09.1914-21.01.1915 Flik 1 (1st aerial company) (aerial observer)
21.01.1915-14.12.1915 Flik 1 (aerial observer/commander)
14.12.1915-12.04.1918 Flik 1 (pilot/commander)
12.04.1918-04.05.1918 Flig G (Aerial Group) (commander)
04.05.1918-10.12.1918 hospitalization
07.12.1918-01.03.1921 Czechoslovakian Air Force (swore on 2nd November)
10.12.1918-29.03.1919 Aerial Corps (deputy commander)
29.03.1919-20.06.1919 Group of retraining on French aviation technique (commander
28.08.1919-31.10.1919 aerial corps (commander)
31.10.1919-05.09.1920 Czechoslovakian Military Air Force (deputy commander)
05.09.1920-01.03.1921 HQ of Czechoslovakian Military Air Forces
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Awards:
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Note:
1) Dnes Chlum u Třeboně, část Pilař (dnes Pilařov) dnes patří obci Majdalena 1) Today Chlum u Trebone, part of Pilar (today Pilarov) today belongs to the village Majdalena
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www.securitymagazin.cz
www.idnes.cz
https://1.air_war.sweb.cz/cesi/otto_jindra.htm
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Jindra
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Otto Jindra


* 18.03.1886, Chlumec-Pilař u Třeboně (today Chlum u Třeboně)
+ 02.05.1932, Prague


One of the best air fighters of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force in the early war period World War I. Hauptmann Otto Jindra. However, this man is interesting to us, apart from his undeniable other merits, mainly because he was the most successful Czech nationality wartime aviator.
It is logical that, compared to the legionnaires, soldiers fighting loyally "for the Emperor's lord and his family" were outside the main area of public interest. Yet, for example, [url=https://www.valka.cz//topic/view/16264]Jan Masaryk
(who certainly cannot be said not to be a Czech patriot), the son of the future first Czechoslovak president, Professor Tomáš Garrique Masaryk, fought on the Italian front as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army and even did so well that he was decorated for his actions.


Otto Jindra also intended to live up to his military oath (the military oath of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy also referred to the Austrian Emperor as the King of Bohemia), which he had taken in 1905 when he joined the army at the age of 19 after graduating from high school. As he was attracted to the rapidly developing technical fields from his youth, he began to study at the cadet school for artillery in Vienna. After successfully passing his exams, he was assigned to an artillery regiment with the rank of lieutenant. Later he went through a higher course for mountain artillery and was transferred to a mountain artillery regiment.


In 1908, he was awarded the Jubilee Military Cross for his outstanding service to date and promoted to lieutenant four years later. At the time, Jindra represented the prototype of the professional officer of the monarchy: a Catholic, equally fluent in Czech and German, but also proficient in Italian, Polish and French, excellent with his weapon and athletic. In his spare time, he took up riding, swimming, skiing, cycling and motoring. He was also interested in photography (which came in handy later in the war) and much of his spare time was taken up with another rather eccentric hobby, driving locomotives.


When the First World War broke out, he was in charge of the locomotives. Jindra commanded a battery and soon became an aide-de-camp to the commander of the 14th Mountain Artillery Regiment, with which he also went to the Russian front. He took part in the campaign in Halych, including two battles for Lvov, and was awarded the bronze Military Merit Medal, known as the bronze Signum Laudis.


However, he very soon applied for a transfer to the air force, perhaps because of his fondness for modern technology, perhaps because of his dislike of dragging heavy guns through the mud of Halych any longer. And so on 10 September 1914 Oberleutnant Jindra was transferred to 1st Air Company (Fliegerkompanie 1 or Flik 1). He served as an air observer there. Flik 1 initially operated mainly with two-seat Albatros B. I observation aircraft, initially supplied from Germany, later produced under Austrian license. In 1916 the armament was supplemented by the well-known Austrian Hansa-Brandenburg B. I and C. I.


Although air combat occurred very rarely at first, Russian anti-aircraft fire became very troublesome. Jindra also recognized this, as on 14 November 1914 his Albatros B. I, with Leutnant Max Hesse at the controls, was shot down by machine gun fire from a Russian cavalry unit. The pilot managed to bring the badly damaged machine to an emergency landing, from which fortunately both Austrian pilots escaped with only a few light wounds. After inspecting the aircraft, they found that repair and re-flight of their machine was completely out of the question, as they counted 180 bullet holes in the Albatross. So they dismantled important instruments and set the aircraft on fire. After several days of exhausting flight, they managed to cross the front line and reach their own troops.


On 21 January 1915, the previous commander of Flik 1, Oberleutnant Josef Smetana, did not return from a combat flight (it later turned out that he was shot down, wounded and captured). His superiors almost immediately appointed Lieutenant Commander Otto Jindra as his successor. This was a somewhat surprising decision, also because Jindra was only an observer, but the Flik commander was usually also a pilot.
Jindra, however, fully deserved the trust. Not only did he take good aerial photographs of the battlefield under heavy Russian fire, but above all he gained considerable fame on both sides of the front for his radio control of artillery fire. His guidance of guns was very accurate, no doubt due to his long service in the artillery and the fact that Flik's technical officer was the then not yet well-known reserve lieutenant Benno Fiala (future third most successful Austrian fighter with 28 kills), one of the most ardent pioneers of radio control of artillery fire.


The Russians soon realised the danger posed to them by that buzzing aircraft in the sky, after whose appearance artillery shells soon began to tear apart their positions. Soon, therefore, the first, albeit improvised, but fierce aerial encounters began to take place. At first, the armament consisted only of the crew's personal weapons. At the beginning of the war, the Austro-Hungarian air force was by no means one of the largest in Europe. It had only 39 combat-capable aircraft, 85 pilots and 12 observers. The existing air armament consisted of 36 Schwarzlose machine guns, distributed among fourteen Flicks. By January 1915, however, only six of these guns had been fitted to aircraft. There was no pressure on armament at the time; although the Russian adversary entered the war with 244 aircraft, only a fraction of them were combat capable and could withstand the rigors of field operations. Moreover, Russia had only 150 pilots stationed along the entire length of the front. Thus, enemy aircraft did not yet pose a serious threat, and the large and heavy machine guns placed an unnecessary burden on the aircraft and hampered the crew. Pilots preferred to use Mauser C/96 pistols of 7, 63 mm calibre and observers preferred Mannlicher 95 military repeating rifles of 8 mm calibre.


It was armed in this way that the crew of Albatross B took off on 13 June 1915. I, consisting of pilot Sergeant Max Libano, observer Lieutenant Otto Jindra for a routine reconnaissance flight. However, the routine was suddenly gone when they were attacked by a pair of Russian Morane-Saulnier Parasol two-seaters over the front. Jindra immediately opened fire with his rifle and his pilot fired his pistol. The result of the unequal battle was almost unbelievable. One Russian pilot made an emergency landing behind Russian lines unharmed with only light damage to the aircraft, but with an observer on board shot down. A second Russian airliner crashed heavily while attempting an emergency landing in the woods also in the Russian rear and both Russian pilots were seriously injured. Under the regulations of the time, Jindra and Libano were credited with two kills each. It was quite a logical decision, as both pilot and observer had to work together during the air combat and one could not win without the other.


Increasingly frequent appearance of enemy aircraft forced the arming of aircraft with on-board machine guns. Improvised mounting was soon replaced by installation on the orbiting ring. Later, the pilot was also given a machine gun. At first unsynchronized over the upper wing, then synchronized for firing through the propeller circle.


Ten weeks after his double victory, on August 27, 1915, Jindra was involved in another aerial duel. His Albatros B. This time too, Johann Mattl piloted the aircraft and again they were attacked by a pair of Russian Parasols. It is not known whether Jindra still had only small arms or whether he already had an on-board machine gun. The first Russian was soon frustrated by Jindra's accurate fire, so he soon gave up the fight and flew back to his lines. The second Russian aircraft, with a badly shot pilot, crashed while attempting an emergency landing. These three kills were followed by a number of acknowledgements. Jindra was awarded the Military Cross of Merit 3rd Class with swords and war decoration, the Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class, and on 1 September 1915 Otto Jindra was promoted to the rank of captain.


In the autumn of 1915, Hauptmann Jindra began pilot training, directly with his unit in Albatros B. I and Brandenburg B. I twin-controlled aircraft. After completing the prescribed syllabus, Jindra was appointed a field pilot on 11 December 1915 and thirteen days later he was able to pin the Pilot Badge on his chest. This was not quite usual, and it testified to Otto Jindra's quite extraordinary pilot and combat qualities. In fact, the pilot badge was not awarded immediately upon completion of training, but was reserved only for truly combat deployed aviators after flying a certain number of combat missions.


At that time Hauptmann Jindra was already one of the best and most respected Flik commanders and was given as a model for the performance of this function. Moreover, he was a man of natural authority, commanding respect, yet quite kind to his subordinates and endowed with a great sense of humour. Flik 1 under his command gained an ever-increasing reputation and was soon considered the best Austro-Hungarian air unit ever on the Russian front. At that time, specialized fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance Flicks had not yet been created. Each Flik had the character of a universal unit and so the Flik 1 carried out reconnaissance, artillery observation, interception and bombing, all with different types of two-seat aircraft.


Two weeks after he received his pilot's badge, on 5 January 1916, Jindra was again involved in aerial combat. As a new pilot, he was then flying a biplane Brandenburg B.I when he was attacked by enemy aircraft and Jindra was shot down for the second time in his career. One enemy bullet slightly wounded him, the other shot through his tank. However, Jindra managed to make a successful emergency landing.


On March 29, 1916, Jindra fought again with the Russian Parasol on the Albatross B.I. The Austrian pilot and observer were credited with a kill each, as the Russian machine, damaged by their fire, crashed while attempting an emergency landing. This was Jindra's fourth confirmed kill.


He became a fighter ace by Western standards eleven days later, on 9 April 1916. After a dogfight with a Russian biplane, probably of the Lebed type, both Austrian pilots observed the stricken machine crash while attempting an emergency landing.


Three days later, on April 12, 1916, Jindra performed a feat that made his name known on both sides of the front. He learned from intelligence that the Russian Tsar Nikolai II himself was coming to Chotin to conduct a ceremonial parade. The parade was in full swing when the Albatross B.I flew over the scene, with Otto Jindra at the controls and the then unknown Lieutenant Godwin Brumowski sitting in the observer's seat. In the next few seconds, all hell broke loose on the ground. Jindra and Brumowski dropped seven small bombs among the soldiers, and their explosions caused tremendous commotion and confusion. The marching shapes completely disintegrated and the soldiers scattered in all directions. However, four Parasols, designed to protect the Czar's person, immediately headed towards the insolent raider. Jindra then began to maneuver furiously, and Brumowski fired his machine gun at the attackers. Soon two Parasols shattered while attempting an emergency landing near Chotin and the Austrian Albatross managed to disappear!


Tsar Nicholas II was furious, but the Russian army commander present, the renowned General Alexei A. Brusilov, as a professional soldier, expressed his appreciation to the enemy, describing their attack as "an extraordinarily bold and brave act of the Austro-Austrian Lyotchiks".


Jindra achieved another success on 26 September 1916. He was flying the new Brandenburg C.I and was suddenly attacked by a pair of Russian Nieuport fighters. One enemy fighter had to make an emergency landing, giving Jindra his eighth confirmed victory. Later, a Russian captured pilot confirmed the shoot-down and further testified that an Austrian bullet had pierced the Russian pilot's neck and although he brought his Nieuport to a smooth emergency landing, he bled to death shortly thereafter.


Jindra achieved his last victory on 18 December 1916, attacking a Russian observation balloon with his Hansa-Brandenburg C.I. Jindra's observer fired 500 rounds from his machine gun at the balloon, probably hitting the observer as well. He found death in the basket of the balloon, which crashed.


With this ninth acknowledged victory, Otto Jindra became the most successful aviator of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force at the time. He also became the most successful aviator on the Eastern Front. Over the next two years, which would still be the duration of the war, Jindra's nine kills would be surpassed by only 15 other Austro-Hungarian Air Force pilots. But all but one would fly single-seat fighters, which Jindra never fought in, and most of their victories would come on the Italian front, where, after all, the greater concentration of aircraft gave them more chances to score. Only one of them, Adolf Heyrowsky, gets his 12 kills in a two-seater, but much later. However, now, at the end of 1916, with his current armament and existing aircraft, Otto Jindra was the absolute star of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force. This was also awarded with a number of decorations. In addition to his current decorations, he received twice the Silver Military Merit Medal with swords on the war ribbon, Order of the Iron Crown 3. Class with war decoration and swords, Charles Military Cross and Cross of the Marians. In 1918 he was once more awarded the Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with swords and war decoration, becoming one of only 18 officers of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force to receive this decoration twice.


In the following year, Jindra had virtually no more opportunities for aerial combat and thus any victories. On the contrary, he himself was shot down for the third time on 13 September 1917. This happened during his 220th combat flight, but fortunately Jindra brought his Brandenburg C.I, heavily damaged by anti-aircraft fire, to a smooth emergency landing and escaped unharmed.
Shortly thereafter, the fighting on the eastern front almost ceased. The Bolshevik coup caused Russia to negotiate a ceasefire and end combat operations. This allowed the Central Powers to send a large part of their troops to other battlefields. Thus, Otto Jindra was also transferred to the Italian front, where he was appointed to the high position of commander of a bombing group called Fliegergruppe G because of his leadership qualities, combat experience and bombing experience. The unit consisted of five aviation companies Flik 101G - 105G and its armament consisted of not only conventional two-seat single-engine C-series aircraft but also twin-engine large aircraft such as Gotha G.IV.


Jindra assumed the post on 12 April 1918, but as early as 4 May he suffered a severe injury in a crash during a night combat flight. Further details are not known, but the injuries were severe enough to keep Jindra out of combat activity until the end of the war. He lived to see it, along with the fall of the monarchy, the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak Republic and the abdication of the Emperor, in a sanatorium in Prague-Podolí.


In November 1918, Jindra joined the nascent Czechoslovak military air force, where he served at the rank of captain. In 1919, he commanded an expedition of nearly a hundred aviation specialists (pilots and ground staff, mostly from the ranks of the former Austro-Hungarian Air Force) to France, where they were trained on modern aviation equipment. In particular, Jindra went through a fighter course on Spad aircraft.


At that time, Jindra was known as one of the most enthusiastic builders and organizers of the young Czechoslovak Air Force. However, his further military career was ended by health problems resulting from wartime hardships and injuries. On 1 March 1921 he was discharged from service for health reasons. Even in civilian life he was one of the most important aviation officials in the Czechoslovak Republic. He operated a private aviation company, was one of the leading figures of Czechoslovak sports aviation, and organized the first aerosalons and air competitions in the Czechoslovakia. He contributed greatly to building his own independent Czechoslovak aviation industry.


He did everything to introduce Czechoslovakia to the world as an aviation power. However, his tireless work for the flourishing of Czechoslovak aviation came to an abrupt end. Otto Jindra died of war hardships and injuries in Prague on 2 May 1932. He was only 46 years old.
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Hauptmann Otto Jindra

List of victories:

Order Date of kill / Time Unit On the airplane Enemy Instead of the kill
1. 13. 06. 1915 / 06:10 Flik 1 Albatros B.I (22.29) (1 Morane-Saulnier Parasol Dubowice
2. 13. 06. 1915 / 06:20 Flik 1 Albatros B.I (22.29) (2 Morane-Saulnier Parasol Dubowice
3. 27. 08. 1915 Flik 1 Albatros B.I (22.06) (3 Morane-Saulnier Parasol Tluste
4. 29. 03. 1916 Flik 1 Albatros B.I (22.23) (4 Morane-Saulnier Parasol Sokal, east of Chotina
5. 09. 04. 1916 Flik 1 Albatros B.I (22.23) (5 ? south-east of Kamieniec
6. 12. 04. 1916 Flik 1 Albatros B.I (22.23) (of 6 Morane-Saulnier Parasol Iszkowsky (sv from Chotina)
7. 12. 04. 1916 Flik 1 Albatros B.I (22.23) (8 Morane-Saulnier Parasol Iszkowsky (from Chotina)
8. 26. 09. 1916 Flik 1 Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (64.23) (8 francouszký Nieuport Solka
9. 18. 12. 1916 Flik 1 Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (63.06) observation balloon Mesticanestie (or Pozoritta)


Notes:
1) The Pilot Zugsführer Max Libano
2) Pilot Zugsführer Max Libano
3) the Pilot Feldwebel Johann Mattl
4) the Observer Cadet even.d.R. Franz Buchberger
5) the Observer Cadet even.d.R. Vlastimil Fiala
6) the Observer Oberleutnant Godwin Brumowski
7) the Observer Oberleutnant Godwin Brumowski
8) Observer Oberleutnant Eduard Struckel

Sources:
www.theaerodrome.com
History and Military affairs 2/2009.
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I will allow myself to support the claim about this pilot with a precious relic. The picture inserted here is a commemorative, unofficial affair that belongs to the mislabeled "cap " badges. In this case, however, the badge is jewelled, made of gold and has a citation and name on the back.


The photograph is the courtesy of cimbineus from Hungary
The photograph is owned by combineus from Hungary

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Major československého letectva Otta Jindra

Činnost českého pilota Otty Jindry po skončení Velké války.

Dne 2. listopadu 1918 Hauptmann Otto Jindra přísahal vojenskou věrnost nově vzniklé Československé republice. Z důvodu rekonvalescence po letecké nehodě, kterou utrpěl 4. května 1918 se v době převratu nacházel ve vojenské nemocnici v Podolí v Praze, z které je propuštěn 10. prosince 1918. Do Československé armády si oficiálně podal přihlášku 7. prosince 1918. V den propuštění z vojenské nemocnice 10. prosince 1918 je ustanoven do funkce zástupce velitele Leteckého sboru (v hodnosti kapitána), kterému velí kapitán Jindřich Kostrba. Dnem 18. ledna 1919 je jmenován československým polním pilotem. Dne 20. února 1918 byl jmenován nový velitel Leteckého sboru kapitán Karel Hupner. Kapitán Otto Jindra funkci zástupce velitele Leteckého sboru zastával až do 29. března 1919.

V roce 1919 došlo podstatnému přezbrojení Československého vojenského letectva na francouzskou leteckou techniku.
Proto je počátkem dubna 1919 posláno 39 pilotů a leteckých pozorovatelů a 52 mechaniků posláno do Francie na přeškolení. Velitelem této skupiny se stal kapitán Otto Jindra.
Po přeškolení jednotlivých pilotů v několika různých pilotních školách (podle zaměření, například stíhači, piloti vícemístných letadel….) se vlakem spolu s části letecké techniky skupina vrátila 20. června 1919 do republiky.
Kapitán Otto Jindra měl při jednom zkušebním letu leteckou nehodu. Proto se on vrací až v červenci 1919. (Není jasné kdy k návratu došlo, buď 12. nebo 26. července 1919.)

Dne 28. srpna 1919 byl jmenován velitelem Leteckého sboru. Letecký sbor byl podřízen veliteli Československého vzduchoplavectva francouzskému majoru J.J.A. Bordages. Dnem 1. října je jmenován majorem letectva.
Ke dni 31. října 1919 došlo k zrušení Leteckého sboru a název Československé vzduchoplavectvo byl nahrazen názvem Československé vojenské letectvo. Major Otto Jindra se stal zástupcem velitele Československého vojenského letectva. Z této funkce byl odvolán 5. září 1920. Nadále však pracuje na Velitelství Československého vojenského letectva.
Ke dni 1. března 1921 je major Otto Jindra ze zdravotních důvodů poslán do výslužby. Pravděpodobně byl propuštěn nejen ze zdravotních důvodů po prodělaných leteckých havárií, ale protože byl trnem v oku nejen francouzským vojenským přidělencům, ale i navrátivším legionářům. Byl to typický příklad „rakušáka“ jenž musel opustit armádu, z důvodu jenž se stal nepohodlným pro nové zřízení republiky. (Po celou dobu války bojoval za Rakousko-Uhersko).

Jeho dalším životem ho samozřejmě provázelo letectví dále. V roce 1921 se stal členem redakční rady časopisu Letectví (dnes Letectví a Kosmonautika). Dále byl předsedou Československého aviatického klubu.
Dne 17. prosince 1921 v Praze se oženil se slečnou Jaroslavou Bobkovu narozenou 7. dubna 1897. Manželství zůstalo bezdětné.

Už od roku 1920 společně s pilotem a podnikatelem Julius Arigi podnikal v oblasti soukromé letecké přepravy. Jejich společná firma Ikarus-společnost s.r.o. pro tuzemskou a zahraniční leteckou dopravu byla ustanovena 25. záři 1920 v Praze. (Julius Arigi firmu Ikarus založil už dříve, ale 25. září 1920 byla přeměněna na společnost s.r.o.). V roce 1922 se firma Ikarus spojil s podobnou firmou Falco a vznikla Československé letecké a.s., ta na konci roku 1923 zanikla. Dále se pravděpodobně věnoval obchodní činnosti v leteckém průmyslu.
Mimo jiné organizoval letecké výstavy – aerosalóny.
Major Otto Jindra ve výslužbě zemřel v Praze dne 2. května 1932 na mozkovou mrtvici.

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