Air Crash : New York - Miami December 17, 1955

On December 17, 1955, a twin-engine Curtiss C-46 transport operated by Riddle Airlines carrying mail from New York to Miami, Florida crashed into farmland near Hollywood, South Carolina killing the pilot, George Lohr, and the co-pilot Richard Glendon.

 C-46 similar to the plane that crashed on December 17, 1955

Crash Mail

The plane was carrying 30 - 40 bags of mail. Mail that survived the crash received a marking explaining its delay and condition as seen on the cover below from Halifax to Daytona Beach.

 Halifax to Daytona Beach, December 13, 1955

 DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH

HOLLYWOOD, S.C. 12/17/55

Reference

Edward R. Joyce, Florida Postal History Journal, January, 2009