On this day 23 June - first American pilot dies in WWI

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Victor Chapman

On the 23^rd of June 1916, Victor Chapman, a member of Escadrille Americane N.124, was killed northeast of Douaumont in the Verdun Sector while engaged with several enemy aircraft. He was the first American pilot to be killed during WWI.

The NY Times article can be found at http://ralph.smith.angelfire.com/Fly...orChapman.html

For more on Victor Chapman, see http://rdisa.pagesperso-orange.fr/ht...pman%20EN.html

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Rob.

[gully_raker]

The first of too many! R.I.P.