| Crash site | LaGuardia airport, New York, USA |
| Airline | United Air Lines |
| Aircraft | ? |
| Route | Oakland – Chicago – New York/LaGuardia |
| Crew | ? |
| Passengers | ? |
The crash
The plane crashed at 05:30 AM when attempting to land at LaGuardia airport. The plane overshot the runway and plunged into Flushing Bay.
The mail
The plane carried 479 kg of mail which was recovered – mostly in watersoaked condition. The American Air Mail Catalogue lists 3 different handstamps from this crash. 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 Sweden.
A.
5-line handstamp with date.
Violet.
Size: ?
AAMC type b.
Examples of mail
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Part of cover from USA with illegible postmark and addressed to Sweden. U.S. crash handstamp type A. Also two postal markings referring to missing stamp/insufficient postage. The cover passed U.S. censorship and a special label was enclosed re. the mutilation of the letter. |
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