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    St. Croix Johnstone (1887–1911) was an American early aviator who died in an airplane accident at the 1911 Chicago International Aviation Meet. A Chicago...
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    altitude record of 11,642 feet at the meet. William R. Badger and St. Croix Johnstone both died in aviation accidents at the meet. The wings on Badger's...
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    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...
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    aviation fatality in the United Kingdom. His grave lies at the churchyard of St Cadoc's Church, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, where many of the Rolls family lie...
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    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...
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    Field in St. Louis he took Theodore Roosevelt up in an airplane. Because of their dueling altitude record attempts, he and Ralph Johnstone were nicknamed...
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    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...
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    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...
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    née Pohle. He was baptised in the evangelical-lutheran St. Nicholas church and confirmed in St. Mary's church in Anklam. Lilienthal's middle-class parents...
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    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...
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