Seo Wal-bo

Seo Wal-bo (; 1886–1926) was a Korean fighter pilot and independence activist. He is considered one of the first Koreans to ever fly a plane, although it has recently been discovered that Lee Eung-ho (George Lee), an ethnic Korean in the United States, flew in 1918, before Seo.

Biography Seo initially studied in the educational institution Daesung School, founded by Ahn Changho. He later moved to Siberia and led the military training of independence activists. After training in a Chinese military school in 1909 and 1915, he became one of the Chinese soldiers. After 1919, his main focus of his movement happened in Southern Manchuria. This is where he went to an aviation school in Beijing, which led him to become a pilot. He also once led an air brigade of Chinese warlord Feng Yuxiang. Seo died from a plane accident while going on a test flight with a plane made in Italy.