Army pilot Lt. Torrey Webb on first day of airmail service

Army Air Corps pilot Lt. Torrey Webb (second from right) receives a celebratory watch from a representative of the Hamilton Watch Company. Each of the pilots flying the first day's mail between Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York City received a Hamilton Watch. Lt. Webb flew the Curtiss Jenny JN-4H between New York City and Bustleton airfield near Philadelphia on May 15, 1918.

Photographer: Unknown

National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection

Museum ID: A.2006-2