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Schneider Trophy special: Epilogue: The human cost

France:
Florentine Bonnet, 1929; Georges Bougault, 1931; Antoine Paillard, 1931

Great Britain:
Sam Kinkhead, 1928; Jerry Brinton, 1931

Italy
Vittorio Centurione, 1926; Salvatore Borra, 1927; Giuseppe Motta, 1929
Tomaso Dal Molin, 1930; Giovani Monti, 1931; Stanislao Bellini, 1931
Ariosto Neri, 1933 (killed flying a training aircraft)

United States of America:
Harmon Norton, 1926; Frank Conant, 1926

The photograph is of the Italian High Speed Flight memorial at Desenzano del Garda, unveiled in 1966.
(by Flickr user “Jabed”)

No pilot actually died during a Schneider Trophy race. The list is of pilots killed in training, or attempting speed records in Schneider aircraft. I compiled it from/checked it against various sources. Please let me know of any errors.