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Image Not Available for Wreckage of C-54 Skymaster plane crash, Portland, 1959
Wreckage of C-54 Skymaster plane crash, Portland, 1959
Image Not Available for Wreckage of C-54 Skymaster plane crash, Portland, 1959

Wreckage of C-54 Skymaster plane crash, Portland, 1959

PhotographerPhotographed by Frank Lorenzo American, 1928 - 2000
PhotographerPhotographed by United Press International American, founded 1907
Date1959 January 15
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption.

Caption: HFP011502-1/15/59-PORTLAND, CONN.: One of the two crewmen were trapped in this nose section of the C54 Skymaster that crashed in remote mountain top in Portland. Two died and the pilot is in serious condition as this Air Force plane crashed on the way from Arizona to Bradley Field, Conn. U.P.I. TELEPHOTO fl
Object number2023.82.382.2
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