de Havilland airmail plane #299
Photographer: Unknown
Date created: c. 1920
Modified de Havilland airmail plane, number 299. This version of the basic de Havilland airmail plane could hold 1000 pounds of mail (twice as much as a regular de Havilland mail plane). Postal officials nicknamed it the “pregnant cow.”
National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection
Photo ID: A.2006-0001
A.2006-0001