Air Mail Service Began:
August 16, 1919
Air Mail Service Ended:
September 27, 1920
Assignments:
College Park, Maryland
August 21, 1919 – Belmont Park, New York
December 15, 1919 – Newark, New Jersey
March 1, 1920 – Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
March 20, 1920 – Newark, New Jersey
August 16, 1920 - Hazelhurst
August 21, 1919 – Belmont Park, New York
December 15, 1919 – Newark, New Jersey
March 1, 1920 – Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
March 20, 1920 – Newark, New Jersey
August 16, 1920 - Hazelhurst
- Courtesy of the Air Mail Pioneers
Frederick Robinson died tragically on September 27, 1920 while flying from Hazelhurst Field, New York, to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Robinson flew over the Susquehanna River at low altitude under fog, using the river as a guide. Near Millersburg, Pennsylvania, Robinson was flying low enough that his landing gear struck wires over the river. The wires hurled his airplane tail first into the shallow water, mortally wounding the pilot.
