National Postal Museum
Photograph of Army pilot Lt. Torrey Webb on first day of airmail service
May 15, 1918
Army Air Corps pilot Lt. Torrey Webb (second from right) receives a celebratory watch from Alan Hawley of the Aero Club of America on behalf of the Hamilton Watch Company. Each of the pilots flying the first day's mail between Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York City received a Hamilton Watch. Lt. Webb flew the Curtiss Jenny JN-4H between New York City and Bustleton airfield near Philadelphia on May 15, 1918.
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