Entitled: "Air mail. Inauguration of service, Polo Field." The first scheduled Air Mail service began on May 15, 1918, using six converted United States Army Air Service Curtiss JN-4HM "Jenny" biplanes flown by Army pilots under the command of Major Reuben H. Fleet and operating on a route between Washington, (Washington Polo Grounds) and New York City (Belmont Park) with an intermediate stop in Philadelphia (Bustleton Field).

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Curtiss JN-4, Airmail Service Inauguration, 1918

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