French aviator Eugène Lefebvre was killed on September 7, 1909, when the aircraft he was testing crashed at Juvisy-sur-Orge.
Sources
- After Thomas Selfridge (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/107438-first-pilot-fatality-in-a-powered-aircraft-crash (guinnessworldrecords.com)
- https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Eugene_Lefebvre (gracesguide.co.uk)
- https://www.air-journal.fr/2010-09-07-le-7-septembre-1909-dans-le-ciel-eugene-lefebvre-1er-pilote-tue-510824.html (air-journal.fr)
- http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/article1359.html (aerostories.org)
- https://www.aeroweb-fr.net/histoire/1909 (aeroweb-fr.net)
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