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Portrait of the five pilots who flew the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post to Union Air Terminal, Burbank, 1935

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Title: Portrait of the five pilots who flew the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post to Union Air Terminal, Burbank, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: August 19, 1935
1935-08-19
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Text from newspaper caption: They Flew Plane Returning Illustrious Dead: These men flew the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post into Union Air Terminal last night. Left to right they are William A. Winston, pilot; J. L. Fleming, junior pilot; T. W. Dowling, assistant superintendent of communications; Tom Ward, engineer, and Capt. Joe Crosson, hero-flyer, who brought the bodies out of Alaska. The plane also carried Col. Clarence M. Young, general manager of the Pacific Coast division of Pan American. (Los Angeles Times, "Bodies of Rogers and Post Arrive Here; "Mourning Throngs in Silent Tribute; Humorist to Lie in State Thursday; Public Memorial Rites in Bowl; Post's Remains to Be Sent to Home in East Today; Last Journey Told," 8/20/1935)
Text from negative sleeve: Plane entering hanger with Post & Rogers Bodies. Hearses awaiting bodies. 8/19/35. Crowd awaiting bodies. 1619. NITRATE. Aug. 27, 1935. 4 negs.
Handwritten on negative: L 2 R Wm A. Winston, J. L. Fleming, T. W. Dowling, Tom Ward, J. Crosson, 8-19-35
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0045
ark:/21198/zz002d97k8
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Transportation
People
Bob Hope Airport (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Fleming, J. L
Winston, William A., 1896-1948
Crosson, Joe, 1903-1949
Ward, Tom
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935
Dowling, T. W
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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