Franklin Grove Air Mail Field

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Location / Airway

Location / Name

ILLINOIS: Bradford Township, Lee County

Franklin Grove Emergency Air Mail Field No. 3 AKA

GPS:

Transcontinental Airway

Route established

Pilots Log February 21, 1921

Night Airmail

Flights started on July 1, 1924

Contract Air Mail

CAM #18 San Francisco CA-Chicago IL
Route established July 1, 1927
Omaha-Chicago Airway
Boeing Air Transport awarded CAM #18 on January 28, 1927

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Emergency airmail Landing Field

73.) Franklin Grove Emergency Field

mileage 73 Beneath you lies Franklin Grove emergency field, which is about 2 miles south and 1 mile east of Franklin Grove. Its tower is located in the northeast corner and is a fairly good, sodded field. Franklin Grove is situated southeast of some heavy timber and is north of a slight bend in the North Western Railway, which runs through the south edge of the town. Leaving this field, the compass course is 263°.

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