George E. M. Kelly

(1878-1911)

American aviator

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George Edward Maurice Kelly (11 December 1878 – 10 May 1911) was the twelfth 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.

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Born	George Edward Maurice Kelly 11 December 1878 London, England
Died	10 May 1911 (aged 32) Fort Sam Houston Hospital San Antonio, Texas USA
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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