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

[photo list I] Four minutes later {Sept 17, 1908}[print #43] Four minutes after start, Sept 17, plane crashed. Soldier pointing is Sergt. Downey, S.C. Man behind, straw hat, Major Squier.[print] Disaster. Orville is still in the wreckage. The little group at right is working over Selfridge.Aftermath of the crash of Orville Wright and Lt. Thomas O. Selfridge in the Wright Type A Military Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, September 17, 1908, during US Army flight trials.

photographer

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

Subject

Squier, George O

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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Carl H. Claudy Photography Collection

Local number

NASM-Claudy-7B

Type

Glass negatives

Topic

Aeronautics, Military

Aeronautics

Airplanes