George Edward Maurice Kelly | |
|---|---|
 Kelly circa 1910-1911 | |
| Born | December 11, 1878 London, England |
| Died | May 10, 1911 (aged 32) |
| Cause of death | Aircrash |
| Title | Second US Army flyer killed in crash |
| Predecessor | Thomas Selfridge |
| Successor | Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst, Jr. |
George Edward Maurice Kelly (11 December 1878 – 10 May 1911) was the 12th 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.[1]
- ^ "San Antonio National Cemetery". Veterans Administration. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
Second Lieutenant George E. M. Kelly (Section A, Grave 117-A), for whom Kelly Air Force Base was named. Lt. Kelly was killed in 1911 at Fort Sam Houston, the second U.S. Army aviator to lose his life in a military airplane accident.