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1948 Press Photo 1st Lt Charles Blackwell & Lt Col Emil Beaudry pilots of flight

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First Lieut Charles H Blackwell left of Detroit MI and San Antonio TX stands with Lt Col Emil G Beaudry of Manchester NH at Bluie West One Airbase Greenland Dec 28. Blackwell was the co-pilot of the C-47 which crashed Dec 9 on an Greenland icecap and Beaudry was the pilot of a jet assisted plane equipped with skis which rescued Blackwell and eleven others from the icecap.

Photo is dated 1948.

Photo measures 9 x 7.25 inches.
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