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Moving the Mail : Airmail in America : US Aerial Mail Service 1918-1926 : Transcontinental Service

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Pilot "Wild Bill" Hopson was one of several pilots who carried the mail across country night and day in February 1921. After flying with the U.S. Air Mail Service, Hopson signed on with National Air Transport on Contract Air Mail Route #17, flying between New-York and Chicago. Hopson was killed on October 18, 1928, when his plane exploded in mid-air.

William Hopson










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