| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution goggles man portrait pilot collar 1921 airmail cockpit aviation aviator william carrol williamcarrol 1930 plane goog national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum william m. carroll williammcarroll william carroll williamcarroll w.m. carroll wmcarroll carroll us air mail usairmail air mail pilot airmailpilot people Date: c. 1921  Object number: A.2009-22  Medium: paper; photo-emulsion  Description: William Carroll began flying for the Post Office Department on August 7, 1920. On October 16, 1920, he was transferred to a newly created airmail line connecting Chicago, llinois and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carroll was piloting a Junkers JL-6 aircraft with fellow airmail pilot Hiram H. Rowe and mechanic Robert B. Hill on board. Carroll was taking the pair on a path-finding tour of the route on February 9, 1921 when tragedy struck. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion and watching in horror as the airplane burst into flames and dived into the ground. All three men were killed in the crash. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown  Place: United States of America  See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection  Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection   Photographer: Unknown  Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207520  Repository:National Postal Museum  View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: c. 1921  Object number: A.2009-22  Medium: paper; photo-emulsion  Description: William Carroll began flying for the Post Office Department on August 7, 1920. On October 16, 1920, he was transferred to a newly created airmail line connecting Chicago, llinois and Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carroll was piloting a Junkers JL-6 aircraft with fellow airmail pilot Hiram H. Rowe and mechanic Robert B. Hill on board. Carroll was taking the pair on a path-finding tour of the route on February 9, 1921 when tragedy struck. Witnesses reported hearing an explosion and watching in horror as the airplane burst into flames and dived into the ground. All three men were killed in the crash. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown  Place: United States of America  See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection  Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection   Photographer: Unknown  Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207520  Repository:National Postal Museum  View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.  |