PILOT STORIES: Carlston,
Augustus F.
| Air Mail
Service Began: |
December 5, 1918 |
| Air Mail
Service Ended: |
March 15, 1919 |
| Assignments: |
Belmont Park, New York |
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December 16, 1918 - Lehigh,
Pennsylvania |
Augustus Carlson joined the Air Mail Service
on December 5, 1918 making $1800 a year as an aviation mechanic
at Elizabeth, New Jersey. On December 14, he was transferred
briefly to Belmont Field, Long Island, New York. Two days
later Carlson was sent to the field at Lehigh, Pennsylvania
as a field manager. The Lehigh field was abandoned by the
postal service, which focused their efforts on the nearby
field at Bellefonte. When the Lehigh service was discontinued
on March 15, 1919, Carlson was out of a job and left the service.
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