wright model b wreckage @ college park airport.
6 september
capt. patrick hamilton , lt. wyness-stuart of royal flying corps killed when deperdussin monoplane breaks in flight, crashing @ graveley, near welwyn. 60 hp (45 kw) anzani-powered aircraft had been taken on strength army in january 1912.
10 september
lts. e. hotchkiss , c. a. bettington killed when bristol-coanda monoplane suffers structural failure , crashes. second accident involving royal flying corps monoplane in 5 days causes col. seely, secretary of state war, issue ban on monoplanes on 14 september. ban reversed 5 months later when technical studies show monoplanes no more dangerous biplanes.
28 september
wright model b, u.s. army signal corps serial number 4, crashes @ college park airport, maryland, killing 2 crew, lieutenant l. c. rockwell , corporal frank s. scott. on 20 july 1917, signal corps aviation school named rockwell field in honor of 2nd lt. lewis c. rockwell, killed in crash, , scott field, illinois named first enlisted personnel killed in aviation crash. scott air force base remains u.s. air force base named enlisted man.
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^ 2 airmen killed, lieut. l. w. hazelhurst , a. l. welch victims . chattanooga daily times. june 12, 1912. retrieved 2009-09-05. lieut. hazelhurst third army officer die in aeroplane plunge. lieut. thomas e. selfridge met death in machine fell him , orville wright @ ft. meyer, virginia, in september 1908, , lieut. g. e. m. kelly received fatal fall on army aviation field @ san antonio, tex., last year.
^ lieut. hazelhurst , al welsh, professional aviator, victims of airship test . new york times. june 12, 1912. retrieved 2009-09-04. lieut. leighton w. hazelhurst, jr., of seventeenth infantry, 1 of promising of younger aviators of army, , al welsh, 1 of daring professional aviators in america, instantly killed in flight @ army aviation school @ college park, maryland, @ 6:30 o clock evening.
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^ lieut. hazelhurst , al welsh, professional aviator, victims of airship test . new york times. june 12, 1912. retrieved 2009-09-04. lieut. leighton w. hazelhurst, jr., of seventeenth infantry, 1 of promising of younger aviators of army, , al welsh, 1 of daring professional aviators in america, instantly killed in flight @ army aviation school @ college park, maryland, @ 6:30 o clock evening.
^ thum, robert. first jewish aviator , dayton jewish observer, 2003. retrieved august 5, 2009.
^ flight, 29 june 1912, p. 600
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^ 2 army aviators killed.; machine of british airmen turns on , drops 400 feet . new york times. 6 july 1912.
^ http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/documents/journal%2016%20-%20seminar%20-%20air%20leadership%20in%20war.pdf
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^ http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-1910/part01.pdf
^ national news wire, bad aero mishap in camp – 2 army planes smashed: president taft coming , bridgeport post, bridgeport, connecticut, 13 august 1912, page 1.
^ http://www.nationalguard.mil/features/af60th/ang_chron_1908-2007.pdf
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