Flying Postmen by Stan Stokes. SQN52 dive on unsuspecting Junker Ju87Bs

dive on unsuspecting Junker Ju87Bs (Stukas) during the Battle of France 1940

but with the greatest gallantry refused to leave the trench for medical assistance until the danger was passed

he orders every ship in his Task Force 58 to switch on lights to guide over 100 returning carrier-borne aircraft

Flight Officer J Frank Bell

recognising that rushing the lifeboats would risk swamping them and endangering the women and children

Flying Postmen by Stan Stokes. SQN52 dive on unsuspecting Junker Ju87BsSTK0172. Flying Postmen by Stan Stokes. The inauguration of air mail service in the United States in 1918 would prove to be a very significant development in the evolution of the aviation industry. Spearheaded by Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger, Congress approved funding for a limited service between New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. The inaugural flights took place in May of 1918 utilizing US Army pilots and Curtiss JN 4H aircraft.