Item 20818 - Escort for 'round the world fliers, Old Orchard Beach, 1924
- Item 20818 - Escort for 'round the world fliers, Old Orchard Beach, 1924
- Contributed by Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
- Item 20818
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Image Info Four U.S. Army planes, called the DH-4, are at Old Orchard Beach waiting to escort 'Round the World fliers to Boston from Mere Point in Brunswick.
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An estimated 20,000 people were at Old Orchard to greet them before they flew off to their final destination.