Thomas Selfridge
Military Person
1882 – 1908
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Who was Thomas Selfridge?
Thomas Etholen Selfridge was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in a crash of a powered airplane. He was a passenger on an aircraft piloted by Orville Wright.
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- Born
- Feb 8, 1882
San Francisco - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- Sep 17, 1908
Fort Myer - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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