Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst Jr. | |
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| Born | July 1, 1887 Macon, Georgia, US |
| Died | June 11, 1912 (aged 24) |
| Cause of death | Aircrash |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Education | United States Military Academy |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Employer | Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps |
Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst Jr. (July 1887 – June 11, 1912) was a pioneer aviator who was killed in an aircrash with Al Welsh piloting. Hazelhurst was the third United States Army officer to die in an aviation accident.[1] The two to die before him were Thomas Etholen Selfridge and George Edward Maurice Kelly.[1]
- ^ a b "Two Airmen Are Killed, Lieut. L. W. Hazelhurst and A. L. Welch the Victims". Chattanooga Daily Times. June 12, 1912. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
Lieut. Hazelhurst is the third army officer to die in an aeroplane plunge. Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge met death in a machine that fell with him and Orville Wright at Ft. Meyer, Va., in September 1908, and Lieut. G. E. M. Kelly received a fatal fall on an army aviation field at San Antonio, Tex., last year.