| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | A8687 |
| Alternate Serial: | 8687 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Hall PH |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Hall PH |
| Aircraft Version: | Hall PH-1 |
| C/n (msn): | [ A8687 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Washington - Anacostia NAS (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | District of Columbia, United States |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Photo Date: | 22 October 1931 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 857756 |
| Photo Comment |
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The first of nine PH-1 production aircraft for the US Navy. Delivered to Anacostia twelve days before the given photo date, and this is indeed the Anacostia River with a wing of the Roosevelt Hall visible on the far left. A8687 saw overseas service at Coco Solo, Panama, and Pearl Harbor. Hit and sunk by its own mooring buoy in a strong wind at French Frigate Shoals atoll, Hawaii on 27 October 1936. Salvaged but written off. Photo from: Hall This photo was added on 20 October 2025, and has since been viewed 144 times. |