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[2012.201.B0051.0185]

Description: Officials approaching a military plane to find out what when wrong. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "WHY? Military Air Transport Service Wednesday wanted to know why this C-97 had landing gear troubles Tuesday threatening the lives of the six-man crew. The pilot executed what the Air Force called "a beautiful landing" in spite of the difficulty. The crew walked away unharmed. Tinker`s crash crews had spread foam on the runways in an attempt t… more
Date: August 9, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[2012.201.B0051.0184]

Description: Military plane crash landing at Tinker Air Force Base. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Plane Flies Here for Crash Landing. A Tennessee Air National Guard C-97 transport crash landed at Tinker Air Force Base Tuesday. The six-man crew scrambled safely out of the plane after it stopped skidding along one of the field`s secondary runways. Maj. John L. Wade, 38, Murfreesboro, Tenn., commanded the plane that landed on the runway, partially covered… more
Date: August 9, 1961
Creator: Gumm, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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