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Brief Magazine Split Wide Open

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09620.239 Author/Creator: Brief Magazine Place Written: Honolulu, Hawaii Type: Magazine Date: circa 1945 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10.8 cm, Width: 11.6 cm Order a Copy

A clipping of a photo captioned as "split wide open by the force of the crash, the "Chamber Maid's" fuselage gapes wide to reveal oxygen bottles, torn tubing, wires, and scarttered wreckage."

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