The Loss of Walter Wedell in 1935
This file appears in: End of the Wedell-Williams Air Service

When the authorities found the plane in the Gulf of Mexico, they found the passenger at the controls. They could not explain why Wedell was not there.
Image courtesy of the Wedell Williams Memorial Foundation and the Louisiana State Museum
This file appears in: End of the Wedell-Williams Air Service
End of the Wedell-Williams Air Service
The Air Service hit its height in 1933 and 1934, but it experienced a period of decline partially due to the construction of the Shushan Airport in November 1933. The air service took a bigger hit…