James Herbert ("Jack") Knight (1892-1945)
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Download IIIF ManifestRequest permissionsDownload image PrintID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4888]
Creator: United Air Lines, Inc
Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs
Date: 1945
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4888
James Herbert ("Jack") Knight (1892-1945) was a famous test pilot who made the first overnight transcontinental air mail delivery. This photograph was distributed by United Air Lines when Knight died of malaria during World War II.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4888
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white photographs
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-4888]
Gelatin silver prints