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
Escort for 'round the world fliers, Old Orchard Beach, 1924
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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.

An estimated 20,000 people were at Old Orchard to greet them before they flew off to their final destination.

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