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Patten & Lieut. Webb (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    The Smithsonian has a print [arago.si.edu/record_194367_img_1.html] of this, captioned "New York City Postmaster Thomas Patten is photographed handing Lt. Torrey Webb equipment to make ready for one of the first regularly scheduled airmail flights in the United States. On May 15, 1918, the United States officially established airmail service between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, under the direction of the Post Office Department, using army aircraft and pilots. The Army Air Corps pilots chosen to fly that day were Lieutenants Howard Culver, Torrey Webb, Walter Miller and Stephen Bonsal. Lt. Webb carried the first day’s mail in this Curtiss "Jenny" aircraft numbered 38278 from a temporary airmail field at Belmont Park, Long Island, New York to Bustleton Field, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. " and dated May 15, 1918.
  • swanq said:
    This sequence of photos is related to the first scheduled airmail route. See www.aerofiles.com/airmail.html for details.
  • Richard Norton said:
    Torrey Hord Webb (7 December 1892 - 23 November 1975) and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Patten

Lieut. Torrey Webb (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See Patten & Lieut. Webb (LOC)

Airmail Plane on Take Off

from Smithsonian Institution

  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    A very famous stamp was issued in 1918 to commemorate this event:

    "1918 “Jenny” Airmail Stamp" by National Postal Museum
    Jenny”