FAM Foreign Air Mail First Flights F38

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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-38: FAM-38 was awarded to Seaboard World Airlines.
        Seaboard World Airlines was an international all-cargo airline based in the US. It was founded by brothers, Arthur and Raymond Norden on September 11, 1946 as Seaboard & Western Airlines and began operations with a flight to Europe in May 1947. Seaboard concentrated on freight charters until it was authorized to operate scheduled freight services across the Atlantic which started in April 1956.
        On April 4, 1961 Seaboard & Western's name changed to Seaboard World Airlines. Jet cargo service started in 1964 with the introduction of the Douglas DC-8. Seaboard played a prominent role in the Vietnam War during the late 1960's using the DC-8 Super 63 jets to connect McChord Air Force Base WA with Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, fairly close to the front lines with North Vietnam.
        FAM-38 was awarded to Seaboard World Airlines and on October 4, 1966 it inaugurated flight service from New York NY to Copenhagen Denmark and Stockholm Sweden.

SWA

Douglas SDC-8

F38-1	661004	New York NY-Copenhagen Denmark	SWA	Miles Grover & John Morreale	$3.75
F38-1f	661004	New York NY-Copenhagen Denmark	SWA	Miles Grover & John Morreale	$3.75
F38-1u	661004	United Nations NY-Copenhagen Denmark	SWA	Miles Grover & John Morreale	$4.50
F38-1a	661004	New York NY-Stockholm Sweden	SWA	Miles Grover & John Morreale	$3.75
F38-1fa	661004	New York NY-Stockholm Sweden	SWA	Miles Grover & John Morreale	$3.00
F38-1ua	661004	United Nations NY-Stockholm Sweden	SWA	Miles Grover & John Morreale	$4.50
F38-3	661005	Stockholm Sweden-New York NY	SWA	Miles Grover & John Morreale	$15.00
F38-4	661005	Copenhagen Denmark-New York NY	SWA	Miles Grover & John Morreale	$11.25

F38-10	690710	Chicago IL-Frankfurt Germany	SWA	N Loughlin & Fred Fasbender	$3.75
F38-10f	690710	Chicago IL-Frankfurt Germany	SWA	N Loughlin & Fred Fasbender	$3.00
F38-11	690710	Detroit MI-Frankfurt Germany	SWA	N Loughlin & P Barker	$3.75
F38-11f	690710	Detroit MI-Frankfurt Germany	SWA	N Loughlin & P Barker	$3.75
F38-12	690710	Boston MA-Frankfurt Germany	SWA	William Dodds & K Porsche	$3.75
F38-12f	690710	Boston MA-Frankfurt Germany	SWA	William Dodds & K Porsche	$3.75

F38-15	690930	San Francisco CA-London England	SWA	John & Christoffersen	$4.50
F38-15f	690930	San Francisco CA-London England	SWA	John & Christoffersen	$6.00
F38-16f	690930	Los Angeles CA-London England	SWA	John & Christoffersen	$4.50

F38-20f	700703	New York NY-Pisa Italy	SWA		$6.00
F38-21	700703	Pisa Italy-New York NY	SWA		$30.00

SWA

Douglas DC-8

F38-26	740813	Houston TX-London England	SWA	JC Ruse & AA Ofenito (EAL)	$4.50
F38-26f	740813	Houston TX-London England	SWA	JC Ruse & AA Ofenito (EAL)	$3.75
F38-25	740813	New Orleans LA-London England	SWA	JC Ruse & AA Ofenito (EAL)	$4.50
F38-25f	740813	New Orleans LA-London England	SWA	JC Ruse & AA Ofenito (EAL)	$3.00

Seaboard was taken over by The Flying Tiger Line in October 1980.

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