R. E. Fell papers 1924-1970

United States. Post Office Department

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On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed: That a postmaster general be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary. That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Fal...

United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command

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Fell, R. E.

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Richard Earle Fell was an air mail pilot in the 1920s-1930s. He picked up the first air mail from Kitty Hawk Air Field in 1937. He was a Colonel in the Army Air Corps in World War I and a Colonel in the Army Air Force in World War II. In World War II he was responsible for transporting supplies "over the hump" to Major General Chennault in 1942. He received both the Air Medal and the Bronze Star for these flights. He also served in the Africa-Middle East and China-Burma-India theate...

Capital Airlines

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