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AIRCRAFT > FIGHTERS > P-12 > THE AIR CORPS FLIES THE AIR MAIL, BOEING P-12E, SALT LAKE CITY - FEBRUARY 1934
Title: THE AIR CORPS FLIES THE AIR MAIL, BOEING P-12E, SALT LAKE CITY - FEBRUARY 1934
Artists: Bill Fleming
Categories: AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> P-12
SUBJECTS >> OTHER SUBJECTS >> Misc. Aircraft
Catalog Number: 1979.080
Location:  PACAF HQ BLDG 1102 D-210

Description:
For a few tragic months in 1934, the then Army Air Corps was given the job of flying the air mail by the government, who had cancelled private contracts. As a small boy, I witnessed P-12 Boeing fighter planes battle snow at Salt Lake City. Many Airmen died in storm-related crashes.
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