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| Date: | Monday 16 December 1918 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-4B |
| Owner/operator: | US Air Mail Services |
| Registration: | 97 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Standard Aviation field, Elizabeth, NJ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Standard Aviation field, Elizabeth, NJ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
stalled, fell into a tail spin and crashed. The pilot Carl B. Smith became the Air Mail Service's first casualty.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=8FtOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=air+mail++crash+grampian+pa+march+7+1925&source=bl&ots=eDn7WcUPCR&sig=ACfU3U0sLP5k7I1yygmyXpby7ZURBWI91w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjC-LLfzqn0AhUxNOwKHaiHB5UQ6AF6BAgQEAM#v=onepage&q=air%20mail%20%20crash%20grampian%20pa%20march%207%201925&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2021 19:40 | Cobar | Added |
| 21-Nov-2021 19:56 | Cobar | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Nov-2021 10:04 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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