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American aviator
Badger in 1911
William R. Badger (1886 – August 15, 1911) was a wealthy pioneer aviator. He was orphaned early in life and inherited a sizable fortune from his parents. He and fellow aviator St. Croix Johnstone of Chicago died in two separate incidents on the same day at the 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet at Grant Park .[ 1] [ 2]
Aviators killed in early aviation accidents
1002 or 1008 Abu Nasr al-Jawhari Aug 10, 1896 Otto Lilienthal Oct 2, 1899 Percy Pilcher Jul 18, 1905 Daniel J. Maloney Sep 17, 1908 Thomas Selfridge Sep 7, 1909 Eugène Lefebvre Sep 22, 1909 Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas Kinet Sep 27, 1910 Jorge Chávez Nov 17, 1910 Ralph Johnstone Dec 31, 1910 Archibald Hoxsey Dec 31, 1910 John Moisant Jan 9, 1911 Edvard Rusjan Mar 28, 1911 Giuseppe Cei May 6, 1911 René Vallon May 10, 1911 George E. M. Kelly Jun 18, 1911 Léon Lemartin Jul 21, 1911 Denise Moore Aug 15, 1911 William R. Badger
Aug 15, 1911 St. Croix Johnstone Sep 8, 1911 Carlos Tenaud Sep 16, 1911 Édouard Nieuport Sep 17, 1911 Reginald Archibald Cammell Sep 29, 1911 Paul Engelhard Oct 19, 1911 Eugene Ely Oct 31, 1911 John Montgomery Dec 2, 1911 Tod Shriver Feb 17, 1912 Graham Gilmour Mar 10, 1912 Suzanne Bernard Apr 3, 1912 Calbraith Rogers Apr 17, 1912 John Verrept Jul 1, 1912 Harriet Quimby Jul 5, 1912 Eustace Loraine Sep 11, 1912 Paul Peck Sep 28, 1912 Lewis C. Rockwell Sep 28, 1912 Frank S. Scott Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur Aug 7, 1913 Samuel Franklin Cody Sep 13, 1913 Aurel Vlaicu Sep 28, 1913 Bertram Dickson Dec 10, 1913 Léon Letort