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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.

2. www.smithsonianmag.com › air-space-magazine › afterAfter Thomas Selfridge | Smithsonian

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   Oct 28, 2021 · On September 17, 1908, Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge—the first person to die in an airplane crash—shed his coat and hat and climbed into the Wright Military Flyer next to pilot Orville...

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4. blog.library.si.edu › blog › 2015/09/16The Short, Soaring Life of Lieutenant Selfridge

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   Sep 16, 2015 · Two weeks later on September 17th, following several flights with Wright piloting, the plane crashed after four minutes, mortally injuring passenger Lieutenant Thomas Etholen Selfridge (1882-1908). When he subsequently died of head wounds later that day he became aviation’s first fatality.

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5. www.thoughtco.com › the-first-fatal-airplane-crashWright Brothers' First Fatal Airplane Crash - ThoughtCo

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   Orville suffered a broken left leg, several broken ribs, cuts on his head, and many bruises. Lt. Thomas Selfridge was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. He was the first man to die in an airplane. Orville Wright was released from the Army hospital on October 31.

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   Who was Thomas Selfridge?

   • 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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   Where was Lieutenant Selfridge buried?

   • The Lieutenant, only 26 years old when he died, was buried not far from the site of the accident, in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. A nearby gate is named in his honor. Photograph by C. H. Claudy of the Fort Myer – Wright Brothers trials showing Lieutenant Selfridge and Orville Wright at the start of the fatal flight.

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   Did Lt Selfridge utter a word?

   • Lt. Selfridge up to this time had not uttered a word, though he took a hasty glance behind when the propeller broke and turned once or twice to look into my face, evidently to see what I thought of the situation. But when the machine turned head first for the ground, he exclaimed 'Oh!

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   When did John Selfridge go to San Francisco?

   • The touching letter (preserved in the Library of Congress along with the Bell Family papers) is dated 1907; just one year earlier, Selfridge was at the Presidio when the devastating earthquake demolished San Francisco. His unit did search and rescue in the ruins of his native city.

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7. www.wired.com › 2010/09/0917selfridge-first-us-airSept. 17, 1908: First Airplane Passenger Death | WIRED

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   Sep 17, 2010 · 1908: During flight trials to win a contract from the U.S. Army Signal Corps, pilot Orville Wright and passenger Lt. Thomas Selfridge crash in a Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia. Wright is...

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8. www.afhistory.af.mil › FAQs › Fact-Sheets1908 -- First Fatality in a Powered Aircraft > Air Force ...

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   1908 -- First Fatality in a Powered Aircraft. On Sept. 17, 1908, a modified Wright Brothers aircraft crashed during a demonstration at Fort Myer, Va., seriously injuring pilot Orville Wright and killing the observer, U.S. Army Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge.

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   Orville Wright was seriously injured, while Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, along on the flight as a passenger, was fatally injured, thus becoming the first person to die as the result of an airplane accident. Click here to return to the Wright Brothers Overview . Tragedy struck during a flight on Sept. 17, 1908, when the right propeller on the 1908 ...