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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution man portrait cap aviation goggles aviator pilot airmail 1924 milatzo glasses black and white blackandwhite sepia airplane goggles airplanegoggles flying flight cap flightcap male caucasian leather national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum john f. milatzo johnfmilatzo john milatzo johnmilatzo j.f. milatzo jfmilatzo people indoor black and white Date: c. 1924 Object number: A.2009-14 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: John Milatzo holds the dubious distinction of being the last pilot to die while working in the Post Office Department's Airmail Service. Milatzo began his career with the Department on February 24, 1923 and was killed in an airmail crash on April 22, 1927. While flying from Chicago, Illinois to New York, New York, Milatzo encountered a rough snow storm. Ice collected on his airplane, forcing him to try and land at night. His plane crashed in a field not far from Goshen, Indiana. 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=207512 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: c. 1924 Object number: A.2009-14 Medium: paper; photo-emulsion Description: John Milatzo holds the dubious distinction of being the last pilot to die while working in the Post Office Department's Airmail Service. Milatzo began his career with the Department on February 24, 1923 and was killed in an airmail crash on April 22, 1927. While flying from Chicago, Illinois to New York, New York, Milatzo encountered a rough snow storm. Ice collected on his airplane, forcing him to try and land at night. His plane crashed in a field not far from Goshen, Indiana. 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=207512 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
