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Background: The Post Office Department designated any contract air mail route flown by an airline into/from a foreign country into/from the US as a "Foreign Air Mail" route. The Foreign Air Mail routes became known as FAM's.

FAM-28: FAM-28 was awarded to Northwest Airlines.
        On August 1, 1916 Colonel Lewis Brittin founded Northwest Airways. Northwest's focus was not in hauling passengers but in flying mail for the US Post Office Department. The fledgling airline established a mail route between Minneapolis and Chicago using Curtiss Oriole open cockpit biplanes. After a series of crashes Charles Dickinson went out of business and on October 1, 1926 Northwest Airways took over their routes (CAM-9). NWA was incorporated on August 1, 1926 as a Michigan corporation formed by a group of Detroit and Twin-Cities businessmen using borrowed aircraft. NWA immediately purchased three Stinson Detroiter aircraft capable of carrying the mail and three passengers at 85 mph.
        Northwest began flying passengers in 1927. In 1928 the NW inaugurated its first international route with service to Winnipeg Canada. On April 16, 1934 Northwest Airlines (NWA) was incorporated replacing the former Northwest Airways. In 1939 NA received its first DC-3's.
        FAM-28 was awarded to Northwest Airlines and on September 1, 1946 flying a Douglas DC-4 piloted by Earle Hale, it inaugurated flight service from Seattle WA to Anchorage AK.

NWA
Douglas DC-4

F28-1 460901 Seattle WA-Anchorage AK NWA Earle Hale $3.00
F28-2 460901 Anchorage AK-Seattle WA NWA Robert Ashman $3.75

F28-5 470102 Minneapolis MN-Anchorage AK NWA TP Hennessey $3.00
F28-6 470102 Saint Paul MN-Anchorage AK NWA TP Hennessey $3.00
F28-7a 470102 Anchorage AK-Saint Paul MN NWA Erling Johnson $3.00
F28-7 470102 Anchorage AK-Minneapolis MN NWA Erling Johnson $3.00

F28-10 470715 Minneapolis MN-Manila Philippines NWA EE La Parle (Minneapolis-Anchorage)
R Pelhamus (Seattle-Anchorage)
BW Christian (Anchorage-Shemya)
Warren Schultz (Shemya-Tokyo)
George F Beal(Tokyo-Manila)
$9.00
F28-10f 470715 Minneapolis MN-Manila Philippines NWA $9.00
F28-11 470715 Saint Paul MN-Manila Philippines NWA $11.25
F28-13 470715 Seattle WA-Manila Philippines NWA $9.00
F28-13f 470715 Seattle WA-Manila Philippines NWA $9.00
F28-12 470715 Anchorage AK-Manila Philippines NWA $15.00
F28-15c 470722 Manila Philippines-Anchorage AK NWA AL Becker (Manila-Tokyo)
Warren Schultz (Tokyo-Shemya)
Chuck Curry (Shemya-Anchorage)
Byron S Cooper (Anchorage-Seattle)
BW Christian (Anchorage-Minneapolis)
$33.75
F28-15b 470722 Manila Philippines-Seatle WA NWA $33.75
F28-15 470722 Manila Philippines-Minneapolis MN NWA $33.75
F28-15a 470722 Manila Philippines-Saint Paul MN NWA $33.75
F28-10a 470715 Minneapolis MN-Shanghai China NWA $9.00
F28-10fa 470715 Minneapolis MN-Shanghai China NWA $9.00
F28-11a 470715 Saint Paul MN-Shanghai China NWA $11.25
F28-13 470715 Seattle WA-Shanghai China NWA $9.00
F28-13f 470715 Seattle WA-Shanghai China NWA $9.00
F28-12 470715 Anchorage AK-Shanghai China NWA $15.00
F28-14c 470722 Shanghai China-Anchorage AK NWA $37.50
F28-14b 470722 Shanghai China-Seattle WA NWA $37.50
F28-14 470722 Shanghai China-Minneapolis MN NWA $37.50
F28-14a 470722 Shanghai China-Saint Paul MN NWA $37.50

F28-20 470808 Seoul Korea-US NWA Hugh Rueschenberg $300.00
F28-21f 470816 Seattle WA-Seoul Korea NWA Hugh Rueschenberg $188.00
F28-22f 470816 Minneapolis MN-Seoul Korea NWA Hugh Rueschenberg $188.00

F28-29 470829 Tokyo Japan-US NWA WD Mitchell & LC McQuain $22.50
F28-30a 470829 Tokyo Japan-Seoul Korea NWA WD Mitchell & LC McQuain $158.00
F28-30b 470829 Tokyo Japan-Shanghai China NWA WD Mitchell & LC McQuain $45.00
F28-30 470829 Tokyo Japan-Manila Philippines NWA WD Mitchell & LC McQuain $218.00
F28-25 470906 Minneapolis MN-Tokyo Japan NWA RO Bain & LG Lampman $11.25
F28-25f 470906 Minneapolis MN-Tokyo Japan NWA RO Bain & LG Lampman $11.25
F28-26 470906 Saint Paul MN-Tokyo Japan NWA RO Bain & LG Lampman $11.25
F28-28 470906 Seattle WA-Tokyo Japan NWA RO Bain & LG Lampman $11.25
F28-28f 470906 Seattle WA-Tokyo Japan NWA RO Bain & LG Lampman $15.00
F28-27 470906 Anchorage AK-Tokyo Japan NWA RO Bain & LG Lampman $15.00

NWA
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser

F28-35f 471118 Minneapolis MN-Naha Okinawa NWA Jospeh Osowski $225.00
F28-36 471118 Saint Paul MN-Naha Okinawa NWA Jospeh Osowski $225.00
F28-39 471119 Tokyo Japan-Naha Okinawa NWA Jospeh Osowski $375.00
F28-38f 471223 Seattle WA-Naha Okinawa NWA Jospeh Osowski $225.00
F28-37 480217 Anchorage AK-Naha Okinawa NWA Graf $300.00
F28-41 480315 Naha Okinawa-Manila Philippines NWA Graf $300.00
F28-41a 480315 Naha Okinawa-Tokyo Japan NWA Graf $375.00
F28-40 480315 Naha Okinawa-US NWA Graf $225.00

F28-45 480616 Shanghai China-Seoul Korea NWA $188.00

        With its Asian routes, Northwest Airlines re-branded itself as Northwest Orient Airlines although the legal name of the company remained Northwest Airlines.

F28-50 500430 Minneapolis MN-Edmonton Canada NWA Gordon H Bartsch $6.00
F28-50f 500430 Minneapolis MN-Edmonton Canada NWA Gordon H Bartsch $4.50
F28-51 500430 Saint Paul MN-Edmonton Canada NWA Gordon H Bartsch $4.50
F28-55 500503 Manila Philippines-Edmonton Canada NWA Gordon H Bartsch $60.00
F28-54 500503 Seoul Korea-Edmonton Canada NWA Gordon H Bartsch $75.00
F28-53 500503 Tokyo Japan-Edmonton Canada NWA Gordon H Bartsch $75.00
F28-52 500504 Anchorage AK-Edmonton Canada NWA Gordon H Bartsch $4.50

F28-60 500603 Minneapolis MN-Taipei Taiwan NWA Raymond Render $75.00
F28-60f 500603 Minneapolis MN-Taipei Taiwan NWA Raymond Render $45.00
F28-61 500603 Saint Paul MN-Taipei Taiwan NWA Raymond Render $75.00
F28-62f 500603 Seattle WA-Taipei Taiwan NWA Raymond Render $45.00
F28-63 500603 Anchorage AK-Taipei Taiwan NWA Raymond Render $75.00
F28-64 500606 Taipei Taiwan-Seattle WA NWA Raymond Render $75.00

NWA
Boeing 707

F28-70 661001 Seattle WA-Hong Kong NWA $120.00
F28-70f 661001 Seattle WA-Hong Kong NWA $83.75
F28-71 661001 Hong Kong-Seattle WA NWA $37.50

F28-75 670402 Seattle WA-Osaka Japan NWA Kenneth Brinnon & Jack Grah $3.75
F28-75f 670402 Seattle WA-Osaka Japan NWA Kenneth Brinnon & Jack Grah $3.00
F28-76 670404 Osaka Japan-Taipei Taiwan NWA Kenneth Brinnon & Jack Grah $113.00
F28-77 670404 Osaka Japan-Seattle WA NWA Kenneth Brinnon & Jack Grah $19.00
F28-78 670405 Naha Okinawa-Osaka Japan NWA Kenneth Brinnon & Jack Grah $300.00

F28-80a 690801 San Francisco CA-Honolulu HI NWA Frank Houston & M Voelker (San Francisco-Honolulu)
Walter Ristau & Donald W Brown (Honolulu-Tokyo)
$27.00
F28-80fa 690801 San Francisco CA-Honolulu HI NWA $15.00
F28-80b 690801 San Francisco CA-Tokyo Japan NWA $6.00
F28-80fb 690801 San Francisco CA-Tokyo Japan NWA $6.00
F28-80c 690801 San Francisco CA-Naha Okinawa NWA $6.00
F28-80fc 690801 San Francisco CA-Naha Okinawa NWA $6.00
F28-80 690801 San Francisco CA-Hong Kong NWA $6.00
F28-80f 690801 San Francisco CA-Hong Kong NWA $4.50
F28-81a 690801 Honolulu HI-Tokyo Japan NWA $4.50
F28-81b 690801 Honolulu HI-Naha Okinawa NWA $6.00
F28-81 690801 Honolulu HI-Hong Kong NWA $6.00
F28-83a 690801 Naha Okinawa-Honolulu HI NWA $30.00
F28-83 690801 Naha Okinawa-San Frnacisco CA NWA $22.50
F28-84a 690801 Tokyo Japan-Honolulu HI NWA $30.00
F28-84 690801 Tokyo Japan-San Frnacisco CA NWA $22.50
F28-82 690801 Honolulu HI-San Frnacisco CA NWA OD Schroeder & Orville S Schroeder $75.00

F28-85 700106 Tokyo Japan-Los Angeles CA NWA J Redmond & E Zieridlhack $15.00
F28-87f 700106 Los Angeles CA-Tokyo Japan NWA J Redmond & E Zieridlhack $3.00

F28-90 721004 Seattle WA-Tokyo Japan NWA Vernon Kessler & Robert Sielk $4.50
F28-90f 721004 Seattle WA-Tokyo Japan NWA Vernon Kessler & Robert Sielk $4.50
F28-91 721007 Anchorage AK-Tokyo Japan NWA C Payne & J Henderick $6.00

NWA
Boeing 747

F28-95 770608 Chicago IL-Tokyo Japan NWA Gordon H Bartsch & G Schmidt $3.75
F28-95f 770608 Chicago IL-Tokyo Japan NWA Gordon H Bartsch & G Schmidt $3.00
F28-96 770609 Tokyo Japan-Chicago IL NWA C Payne & J Henderick $37.50

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