| PILOT
STORIES: Smith, Carl B.
| Air
Mail Service Began: |
December 2, 1918 |
| Air
Mail Service Ended: |
December 16, 1918 |
| Assignment: |
Belmont Park, New York |
Flying an airplane on a test flight, Carl B.
Smith became the Air Mail Service's first casualty on
December 16, 1918. The modified de Havilland he was flying
stalled and fell into a tail spin, crashing at the Standard
Aviation field in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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