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Thomas Selfridge
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first person ever to die in an airplane crash
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- 1
Top works
- Memoirs of Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., Rear Admiral, U.S.N.; With an Introduction By Captain Dudley W. Knox, U.S.N
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Fort Myer
- Educated at
- United States Military Academy
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- first lieutenant
- Image
- Thomas selfridge smoking pipe.jpg
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- date of death
- 1908-09-17
- date of birth
- 1882-02-08
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons category
- Thomas Selfridge
- cause of death
- aviation accident
- burial plot reference
- Section 3 Grave 2158
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