Pilot Max Miller's log book

Max Miller, American · November 11, 1919 - August 27, 1920

This log book was recovered from Max Miller’s fatal crash on September 1, 1920. Though slightly damaged by the fire, the handwritten entries remain clear. Airmail pilots used logs to record details about their flights and, on occasion, landing field conditions. Miller wrote his name on the front of this book, adding the name of his service, the "U.S. Aerial Mail," and a notation of his home address in Woodland Hills Park in Cleveland, Ohio. Miller doodled sketches of pilots on the inside front and back covers. He included his good friend Eddie Gardner’s Cleveland, Ohio, phone number--9380--on the inside front cover.