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MAKE A MEME View Large Image Robert Shank was hired in 1918, the first year of airmail service, as a Post Office Department airmail pilot. He was assigned to the Belmont Park, New York, airfield. He was one the first four pilots hired to fly the mail that year. As good ...

Robert Shank was hired in 1918, the first year of airmail service, as a Post Office Department airmail pilot. He was assigned to the Belmont Park, New York, airfield. He was one the first four pilots hired to fly the mail that year. As good ...

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Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution airplane crash curtiss jn-4h curtissjn4h jenny biplane robert shank robertshank airmail standard aircraft corporation standardaircraftcorporation standard jr-1b standardjr1b aviation aircraft hispano suiza hispanosuiza jr-1b jr1b plane verticle airplane crash airplanecrash outdoors shank plane crash planecrash national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum mail across the commons mailacrossthecommons blackandwhite black and white Description: Robert Shank was hired in 1918, the first year of airmail service, as a Post Office Department airmail pilot. He was assigned to the Belmont Park, New York, airfield. He was one the first four pilots hired to fly the mail that year. As good as these pilots were, crashes were sometimes unavoidable. Shrank survived this crash of his Standard JR-1B aircraft, which landed nose down into a woody area. Shank is pictured standing on the airplane, peering into the cockpit. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1918-12-31 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection Gift line: Gift of Benjamin Lipsner Accession number: A.2008-8 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&amp;cmd=1&amp;id=194360 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Description: Robert Shank was hired in 1918, the first year of airmail service, as a Post Office Department airmail pilot. He was assigned to the Belmont Park, New York, airfield. He was one the first four pilots hired to fly the mail that year. As good as these pilots were, crashes were sometimes unavoidable. Shrank survived this crash of his Standard JR-1B aircraft, which landed nose down into a woody area. Shank is pictured standing on the airplane, peering into the cockpit. Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer Medium: Black and white photographic print Culture: American Geography: USA Date: 1918-12-31 Repository: National Postal Museum Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection Gift line: Gift of Benjamin Lipsner Accession number: A.2008-8 Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194360 View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.