William R. Badger

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]

References

"William R. Badger". Early Aviators. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
"W.R. Badger Crushed by His Engine and St. Croix Johnstone Drowned at Chicago". New York Times. August 16, 1911. Retrieved 2010-11-07.

External links

full body portrait of William Badger(ebay cloud)
some William R. Badger related portraits(archived)

Aviators killed in early aviation accidents

Aug 11, 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
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
Dec 10, 1913	Léon Letort

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