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Switzerland Misfortune Plane Gauligletscher, 1946 (b/w photo)

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KES6243638
Image title
Switzerland Misfortune Plane Gauligletscher, 1946 (b/w photo)
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Photographer
Grunder & Schmidli & Matter
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1946 AD (C20th AD)
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On 19 November 1946, an American military aircraft, a Douglas C-53 Dakota (military version of the DC-3), crashed onto the glacier in the Bernese Oberland with twelve people on board. All casualties can be rescued alive after an elaborate rescue operation. This is the radio operators at the radio station.

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accident / plane / aircraft / transport / Switzerland / Europe / telegraph / Operator / dakota / funk / radio operator / communication / plane
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Not available to clients invoiced in Switzerland / Not available to clients invoiced in Liechstenstein
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