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A Douglas R4D-5 aircraft crash-landed when its starboard landing gear collapsedon landing on September 15, 1959

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Description

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.

Credit

Report of Charles L. Roberts Jr., Meteorologist-in-Charge

Display Date

1959

Location

Antarctica, Cape Hallett Station