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Title: Lake Mead Crash Landing
Contributing Institution: Monrovia Public Library
Collection: Monrovia Legacy Project
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Description: Two undated newspaper articles reporting on the crash of a B-29 Superfortress that was forced down into Lake Mead. Crewmen were rescued after being seen by Kal Irwin, pilot of an eastbound Trans World Airline plane, who radioed Boulder City's TWA terminal and described the position. All fliers were rescued and returned to Boulder City.
Type: image
Identifier: 55E0D7B4-0852-4EE4-B5A7-441160376804
GB 382
Subject: Airport

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