Smith, Howard F.

Air Mail Service Began:
September 15, 1920
Air Mail Service Ended:
July 16, 1921
Assignments:
College Park, Maryland
October 12, 1920 – Chicago, Illinois
July 1, 1921 – San Francisco, California
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This clipping from an unidentified newspaper shows a photograph of Howard Smith.

Howard Smith died when his airplane stalled and crashed in California. He had just taken off from San Francisco's Marina Field, ferrying de Havilland #222 to the next airmail field.