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Thomas Etholen Selfridge (February 8, 1882 – September 17, 1908) was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in an airplane crash. He was also the first active-duty member of the U.S. military to die in a crash while on duty.
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Sep 16, 2015 · Thomas Selfridge, a 1903 graduate of West Point (along with Douglas MacArthur), was a remarkable man with many accomplishments as a flight pioneer during his short life. Selfridge was one of only three in the military at that time trained to pilot a dirigible. He was the first in the U.S. military to fly solo in a heavier-than-air plane.
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Thomas Selfridge. Today, the first powered aviation fatality. The University of Houston presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. Most everyone has heard of the Wright Brothers, but far fewer recognize the name Thomas Etholen Selfridge.
Nov 8, 2023 · JBSA News. NEWS | Nov. 8, 2023. Aviation History: First Lt. Thomas Selfridge died during aerial mishap in Wright Military Flyer, but there's more to his legacy. By Joseph Gangemi Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs. JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas –.
Thomas O. Selfridge: A Naval Hero of the Civil War. The Massachusetts-born naval officer was in the thick of several celebrated naval battles for the North during the Civil War. This article appears in: June 2010. By James M. Powles. March 8, 1862, dawned sunny and mild at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Dec 12, 2013 · During the two battles at Fort Fisher North Carolina, Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. was the captain of the USS Huron. The Huron’s job was to cover the land face of the Fort and protect the Naval landing Party. Selfridge was appointed the commander of the Navy’s Third Brigade in what was to be an “easy” attack on Fisher’s Northeast Bastion.
