Walter R. Taliaferro [SEP] manner of death
Walter R. Taliaferro
Walter Robertson Taliaferro (September 9, 1880 – October 11, 1915) was a pioneer aviator in the U.S. Army who died in a flying accident. After his first and last "loop the loop" in a Curtiss tractor biplane, the plane suddenly dove into San Diego Bay, killing him instantly.
Biography.
Taliaferro was born on September 9, 1880, in Campbell County, Kentucky. He served as an enlisted man in the artillery for seven years before being commissioned as an officer in
1862.
Places.
- Camp Taliaferro, Texas, United States, named for Walter R. Taliaferro
- T. C. Taliaferro House, Florida, United States
- Taliaferro County, Georgia, United States, named for Benjamin Taliaferro
- Taliaferro Hall, College of William and Mary, Virginia, United States
- Taliaferro Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States, Named for Thomas Hardy Taliaferro. Dean/College of Engineering; Dean/College of Arts and Sciences
- Camp Taliaferro