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Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1908)
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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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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