Charles Franklin Niles

Charles Franklin Niles was an early aviator having been taught by Glenn Curtiss in 1913.[1] It was stated in his obituary that he was the first to fly around the Statue of Liberty, and that he served as an aviator in the 1910–1920 Mexican Revolution.[2] On June 25, 1916, while flying a loop maneuver in his Moisant monoplane at the Oshkosh, Wisconsin fairgrounds a wing collapsed and he crashed. He died of his injuries the next day.[3] A witness to the crash was cartoonist Robert Osborn.[4]

Charles Franklin Niles
BornOctober 6, 1888
New York State
Died(1916-06-26)June 26, 1916 (aged 27)
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Cause of deathPlane crash
Resting placeFuranceville Cemetery, Wayne County New York state
NationalityAmerican
Known forPioneer aviator
Spouse(s)Lucille Goddard

References
  1. Early Aviators Website
  2. Evening times-Republican., July 13, 1916, Image 6
  3. The Oakes Times June 29, 1916
  4. The Aerodrome Forum
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