George E. M. Kelly, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George E. M. Kelly

American aviator

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1878

Place of Birth: England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 10-May-1911

Profession: aircraft pilot

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About George E. M. Kelly

  • 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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