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This is an image of an air mail letter flown on the New England Air Tour of May 27 to 30, 1930. Note it is stamped "Mailed at Bowles Airport Agawam, Mass." and shows the route of the tour.
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This is an image of an air mail letter flown on the New England Air Tour of May 27 to 30, 1930. Note it is stamped "Mailed at Bowles Airport Agawam, Mass." and shows the route of the tour.

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  • This is an image of an air mail letter flown on the New England Air Tour of May 27 to 30, 1930. Note it is stamped "Mailed at Bowles Airport Agawam, Mass." and shows the route of the tour.
  • An aerial view by Robert Selff of the Eastern Air Corps gathering on May 26, 1931 at Bowles Airport. Note the hanger, administration building, taxi "circle" and one of the runways. (from the collection of Matt Lawlor.)
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