Wreckage of a plane crash that killed test pilot Clark McRoy and his 15-year-old passenger Russell C. Holt, Los Angeles, 1945

Item Overview

Title
Wreckage of a plane crash that killed test pilot Clark McRoy and his 15-year-old passenger Russell C. Holt, Los Angeles, 1945
Date Created
November 25, 1945
Date
1945-11-25
Publisher
Los Angeles Daily News
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Notes
Description
Wreckage of a plane crash that killed 34-year-old test pilot Clark McRoy and his 15-year-old passenger Russell C. Holt. Holt's father, Elwin E. Holt, watched the crash and saw the plane hit the ground 300 yards from his home. Holt said he saw his son wave from the plane before it went into a sharp dive.
Caption
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Aviation - Accidents - Russell Holt

Physical Description

Extent
1 photograph
Medium
b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type
still image
Subjects
Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles
Disaster

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK
ark:/21198/zz00280dtm
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IIIF Manifest

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UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country
US
Funding Note
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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