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Firefighter hosing down wreckage of crashed plane that killed actor Robert Francis at Lockheed Air Terminal, Calif., 1955

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Title: Firefighter hosing down wreckage of crashed plane that killed actor Robert Francis at Lockheed Air Terminal, Calif., 1955
Date Created and/or Issued: August 1, 1955
1955-08-01
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: The three people who were killed in the crash were actor Robert Francis, Ann Russell, and George Irving Meyer.
FATAL WRECK SCENE -- Here is twisted wreckage of plane that crashed at Lockheed Air Terminal, killing three persons yesterday.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b247_94274
ark:/21198/zz00089bf7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles County
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County
Disaster
Francis, Robert, 1930-1955
Lockheed Air Terminal (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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