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Switzerland Misfortune Plane Guggi Glacier, 1952 (b/w photo)

Switzerland Misfortune Plane Guggi Glacier, 1952 (b/w photo)
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Image title
Switzerland Misfortune Plane Guggi Glacier, 1952 (b/w photo)
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Photographer
Stringer (STR)
Medium
photograph
Date
1952 AD (C20th AD)
Image description

The crash of a C-47 Dakota military aircraft of the US Air Force on 7 March 1952 on the Guggig Glacier in the Jungfrau region of the Bernese Oberland claimed eight lives. A major alpine rescue operation follows. Surrounded by American air force officers from Wiesbaden, Germany, the American military Patterson, at the telescope, is following the actions of the rescue team in the crash area on the glacier from Wengernalp on March 9.

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Photopress Archiv/Keystone / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
accident / plane / aircraft / transport / Switzerland / Europe / crash / tarpaulin / rescue / glacier / Revelling / dakota / military plane / Douglas / dc3 / dc-3 / guggi glacier / plane crash / telescope / plane / wengernalp

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