New York City Postmaster Thomas Patten hands a mailbag to Lt. Torrey Webb in 1918 for one of the first scheduled U.S. airmail flights. (National Postal Museum)
Suicide Airmail army
New York City Postmaster Thomas Patten hands a mailbag to Lt. Torrey Webb in 1918 for one of the first scheduled U.S. airmail flights. (National Postal Museum)