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[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0482]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rescue team looks down on wreckage of Air West jetliner at bottom of gorge. Rescue workers worked their way along a rugged canyon Monday looking for bodies from the collision of a Hughes Air West airliner and a Marine Corps jet fighter."
Date: June 8, 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0051.0480]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Wreckage of the Hughes Air West jetliner which collided with a Marine F4 Phantom jet 20 miles east of Los Angeles a week ago Sunday has been reassembled in mockup form for investigators. It was reported Wednesday that the tail and right wing of the Marine plane sliced through the airliner. The 2x4 placed diagonally above the sign indicates the position of the Phantom's vertical stabilizer at the moment of impact."
Date: June 17, 1971
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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