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About Thomas Selfridge
Thomas Etholen Selfridge was an American 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. He was killed while seated as a passenger in a Wright Flyer, on a demonstration flight piloted by Orville Wright.
Everything about Thomas Selfridge →- Occupation
- balloonist, army officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- February 8, 1882
- Died
- September 17, 1908