Northwest History. Alaska. Aviation Crashes & Wreckage Missing Planes.

Destroy Wreckage Of Post's Airplane. Destroy Wreckage of Post's Airplane BARROW, Alaska, Jan. 18. (/P)— Mute evidence of the tragedy which shocked the world—the crash of Wiley Post and Will Rogers 15 miles south of here on August 15, 1935—was removed Saturday with the destruction of their...

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Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1937
Subjects:
destroy
wreckage
airplane
Barrow
Alaska
tragedy
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
crash
destruction
Master Sergeant Stanley Morgan
radio operator
river
lagoon
Northwest
Pacific > History > 20th century
Pacific
Online Access:http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90067
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Summary:Destroy Wreckage Of Post's Airplane. Destroy Wreckage of Post's Airplane BARROW, Alaska, Jan. 18. (/P)— Mute evidence of the tragedy which shocked the world—the crash of Wiley Post and Will Rogers 15 miles south of here on August 15, 1935—was removed Saturday with the destruction of their ill-fated plane. Mrs. Post requested Master Sergeant Stanley Morgan, government radio operator here, who flashed the news of the disaster, to destroy the plane. Mrs. Post still plans to on the lagoon of the small river where the plane crashed.

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