George E. M. Kelly
George Edward Maurice Kelly (11 December 1878 – 10 May 1911) was the 12th pilot of the U.S. Army's Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps and the first member of the U.S. military killed in the crash of an airplane he was piloting. He was the second U.S. Army aviation fatality, preceded by Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, who was killed while flying as an observer in a Wright Flyer piloted by Orville Wright on 17 September 1908.
George Edward Maurice Kelly | |
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Kelly circa 1910-1911 | |
| Born | December 11, 1878 London, England |
| Died | May 10, 1911 (aged 32) |
| Cause of death | Aircrash |
| Title | Second US Army flyer killed in crash |
| Predecessor | Thomas Selfridge |
| Successor | Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst, Jr. |
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