The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the ground...

Wright’s Airship Falls! U.S. Army Officer Killed, Aviator Maimed [New York Journal, 18 September 1908]

Pearl Harbor bombing. USS Curtiss.Wreckage of Japanese plane, which crashed into one of the cranes, may still be seen on the deck of the U.S. seaplane tender, Curtiss. In addition, the Curtiss was damaged by a bomb explosion on the main deck in the forward part of a hangar. All damage has since been repaired

O. Wright flying in his airplane, crowd on field

Wright Aviator Crushed to Death As Wind Upsets His Machine While Flying 400 Feet Up Out In Washington [Dayton Journal, 2 June 1912]

L’Aeroplane de Wilbur Wright en... [Le Petit Journal, 30 August 1908]

[Aerial photograph, taken by a Japanese pilot, of the destruction of Pearl Harbor, Japanese bomber in lower right foreground]

The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the ground...

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The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the ground. At Fort Meyer [sic], on Sept. 17, at a height of 75 feet, on a turn, one of the new nine foot propeller blades was broken. The machine pitched to the ground resulting in the death of Lieutenant Selfridge and the painful injury of Mr. Wright.