Caption: Lt. Boyle on the famous 38262 aircraft prepares for his return trip from Washington, DC, to New York City during the first aerial mail service on May 15, 1918. However, he mistakenly landed in Waldorf, Maryland, instead of Philadelphia, after getting off course. Photograph taken by , Photographer of the National Archives Division of Photographic Archives and Research.

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