Events, 1908, Fort Myer (VA), Wright (Co) Type A Military Trials, Selfridge Crash. [photograph]

Unidentified doctors bend over Lt. Thomas Selfridge (lying on ground, legs extending at left) after he was fatally injured in the crash of the Wright 1908 Military Flyer at the Army Trials at Fort Myer, Virginia, September 17, 1908. View is obscured at right side by spectators standing in foreground. Wing of the crashed aircraft visible in left background.

photographer

Claudy, C. H (Carl Harry) 1879-1957

Subject

Selfridge, Thomas E

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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Carl H. Claudy Photography Collection

Local number

NASM-95-8460

Type

Glass negatives

Topic

Aeronautics, Military

Aeronautics