Jump to content

Need help ID'ing this medical biplane


Flightmedic
 Share

Recommended Posts

On 28 May 1921, in one of the first major crashes in aviation history, Army Air Service Curtiss Eagle Ser. No. 64243, the air ambulance, of the 1st Provisional Air Brigade,[1] crashed during a severe thunderstorm attempting to land at Morgantown, Maryland while returning to Bolling Field, District of Columbia, from Langley Field, Virginia. The pilot, 1st Lt. Stanley M. Ames, and six passengers were killed. Four of the six were Air Service officers and an enlisted man.[2] Two United States congressmen had chosen not to make the flight because of airsickness on the flight from Washington to Langley. The Army's Inspector General conducted an investigation of the crash and theorized that the aircraft stalled when it encountered an updraft at low altitude while trying to clear trees near the unfamiliar field and fell vertically, nose first, into the ground.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Johnny Signor

A really great site I found for aircraft ID is this one, Virtual Aircraft Museum , also this one 1000 aircraft photos , check em out your bird is on the first site if I recall correctly .

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...