On the 23rd 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
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