First airplane casualty – Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge

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17 September, 1908

On 17th September 1908, Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge became the first airplane causality. He was a passenger on the Wright Flyer which was being flown by Orville Wright. The craft crashed, killing Lieutenant Selfridge.