Contributed by Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
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Description
Harry Jones and James Dewitt Hill stand next to Jones' Hazzard Shoe Co. plane at Old Orchard Beach.
Hill, pilot of Old Glory, a Fokker monoplane. was at Jones' beach airport in preparation for their flight to Europe. Lloyd Bertaud was co-pilot and the third crew member was Phillip Payne, a representative of William Randolph Hearst, who sponsored the flight.
The plane took off Sept 7th, 1927, and was reported missing on Sept 8. It went down at sea.
About This Item
- Title: J. D. Hall of 'Old Glory' crew, Harry M. Jones, Old Orchard Beach, 1927
- Creation Date: 1927
- Subject Date: 1927
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 24.5 cm x 20.5 cm
- Local Code: HJScr3_p018_001
- Collection: Harry Jones Scrapbook Collection
- Object Type: Image
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- Air pilots
- Airplanes
- Fokker airplanes
- Hangars
- Harry Jones Flying Service (Old Orchard Beach, Me.)
- Jones, Harry M., 1890-1973--Friends & associates
- Old Glory (Airplane)
- Runways (Aeronautics)
- Transatlantic flights
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Old Orchard Beach Historical SocietyP.O. Box 464, Old Orchard, ME 04064
(207) 934-9319
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