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![A Douglas R4D-5 aircraft crash-landed when its starboard landing gear collapsedon landing on September 15, 1959 anta0115.jpg A Douglas R4D-5 aircraft crash-landed when its starboard landing gear collapsedon landing on September 15, 1959](/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/https/s3.amazonaws.com/s3-east-testmedia-noaa.woc.noaa.gov/dam/Photos/legacy/pl23_anta0115.jpg?itok=JmlvW3r8)
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A Douglas R4D-5 aircraft crash-landed when its starboard landing gear collapsedon landing on September 15, 1959. There were no fatalities. This must havebeen a medical evacuation or similar trip as the caption refers to it as a mercy plane. The aircraft was attached to Antarctic flight squadron VX-6. (Image credit: Report of Charles L. Roberts Jr., Meteorologist-in-Charge)