Army Air Corps emergency landing on Cabbage Flats

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2023.12.176

Description

In April 1920, airmen from the Army Air Corps were forced to make an emergency landing on Cabbage Flats, near Greensboro, Monongahela Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, as they ran low on fuel. Led by General Billy Mitchell, they were flying from Bolling Field (Washington DC) to Dayton OH. It occurred during their planning phase for a highly publicized bombing project to “sink a battleship.” They stayed with local residents and departed the next morning. A local crowd immediately gathered on Cabbage Flats. The planes are DeHavilland DH-4s used by the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWI through the early 1930s. Original, candid. NOTE: Related photos from this collection were donated to the National Museum of the Air Force (2013). Accession no. AR.2012.130.

Collection

Mary (Vance) McCann Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Apr 1920

Lexicon

Search Terms

Airplanes, Military, Monongahela (Greene County, Pa. : Township), Veterans

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MILB-AN004-0002

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Airplanes Series - Mary (Vance) McCann Collection

Owner/Agent

Miller, William Marshall

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2023

Notes

The Mary (Vance) McCann Collection was passed from George Birch Vance [1870-1928] and Jessie Dell (McFarland) Vance [1868-1935] with the ownership of their home in Mapletown, Monongahela Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, to their daughter, Mary (Vance) McCann [1898-1987], and her husband, Marshall Albert McCann [1895-1956]. Mary (Vance) McCann left the collection to her grandson, William Marshall Miller, who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023. SOURCE CITATION: Army Air Corps emergency landing on Cabbage Flats, near Greensboro, Monongahela Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; April 1920; item no. MILB-AN004-0002, Airplanes Series, Mary (Vance) McCann Collection, shared by her grandson, William Marshall Miller; Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).