1935 (Sept. 21) cover from New York-Kaunas flight crashlanded at Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, franked U.S. 6c. cancelled Brooklyn Sept. 21 and with unsurcharged Lithuania 10c., 20c. cancelled Nov. 1 on eventual arrival, flight cachet and signed by pilot, F. Waitkus.

Irish Airmails: 1935 (September 21) New York-Lithuania record flight attempt – crashed in Co. Mayo

Irish Airmail Cover: In September 1935, Lithuanian pilot Felix Waitkus was forced to make an emergency landing just outside Ballinrobe, Co Mayo. He was the only pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic that year, and the sixth in aviation history. The New York-Kaunas Flight: 1935 Feliksas Vaitkus (Felix Waitkus) was an American-born Lithuanian pilot…