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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated September 21, 1961 reads "Crash scatters wreckage of Air Force C-47 transport over rugged mountainside above Chatsworth. Three die and three hike to safety after crash during a routine training flight out of Oxnard AFB." The article partially reads "Three crewmen were killed and three others survived when an Air Force C-47 transport crashed into fog-shrouded Oat Mountain above Chatsworth Wednesday night."; See images #00126738 through #00126740 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
United States.--Air Force Men--California--Los Angeles Douglas DC-3 (Transport plane) Airplanes, Military--United States Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles Accident investigation--California--Los Angeles Trees--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Los Angeles Mountains--California, Southern Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Santa Susana Mountains (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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