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Photograph caption dated October 19, 1955 reads "Laurance Lightbody, left, and Bernard T. Nacht, aviation safety agents of Civil Aeronautics Administration in Van Nuys, check engine and propeller assembly of light plane piloted by Joel W. Thorne which hurtled into North Hollywood apartment house killing Thorne and two others."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
United States.--Civil Aeronautics Administration--Employees Men--California--Los Angeles Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles Accident investigation--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--North Hollywood (Los Angeles) North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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