In February 1911, Captain Walter Windham, R.N., organised the first armail service at the United Provinces Exhibition at Allahabad in India. Seven months later, having returned to Britain, he ran an airmail service as part of the celebrations for the coronation of King George V.
On September 8, 1911, letters were collected from special boxes in London and taken by postmen to Hendon. The next day, despite bad weather, Gustav Hamel flew this mail to Windsor.
From Windsor it was sent on through the ordinary postal service.
Bad weather and other difficulties brought airmail flights to an end on September 26. By then, 100,000 letters had been carried.
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