Crash site | Warren, Ohio, U.S.A. |
Airline | National Air Transport |
Aircraft | Boeing 95 – NC412E |
Route | Chicago – Cleveland – New York/Newark |
Crew | 1 – survived |
Passengers | 0 |
The crash
The postal plane was flying the Contract Air Mail Route 17 (CAM-17). Soon after departure from Cleveland the enigne failed and pilot Amberse M. Banks attempted to make an emergency landing. At 01:00 the plane was close to the ground when it hit a pole and caught fire. The plane was destroyed and the pilot was injured.
The mail
The plane carried 408 kg of mail which was recovered – mostly in partly burned condition.
The American Air Mail Catalogue list 5 different handstamps from this crash, but not the one illustrated below.
As this was a domestic flight it probably did not carry much mail for overseas destinations. The only Nordic cover I have seen is a cover to Denmark.
A.
3-line handstamp with date.
Violet.
Size: ?
Not listed in the AAMC in this form.
Delayed in PLANE FIRE / at WARREN, O. / 9-21-30
Examples of mail
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Cover from Minneapolis SEP 20 1929 to Copenhagen, Denmark with the U.S. handstamp not recorded in American Air Mail Catalogue. No Danish markings. |