Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge died at 8:10 p.m. on September 17, 1908, from injuries sustained in a Wright Military Flyer crash at Fort Myer, Virginia.
Sources
- After Thomas Selfridge (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://ghostsofdc.org/2017/12/29/wright-brothers-fly-fort-myer-1909/ (ghostsofdc.org)
- https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/selfridge/128/ (genealogy.com)
- https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge (military-history.fandom.com)
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