1961 Press Photo Aircrash near Nuremberg

Aircrash near Nuremberg - 52 dead: 52 people - among them eleven children - lost their lives in a terrible aircrash which happened on March 28th in the evening near Forchheim (FORCHHEOM), north of Nuremberg.According to the witnesses, the 4-motor 'plane - Soviet "llyushin 18" - of the Ceskoslovenska Aerolinias caught fire in the air and then crashed down. The machine was due to fligh from Praague via Zurich to Mali in Africa. Our picture shows some baggage of the passengers - witnesses of a terrible catastrophe.

Photo measures 8.25 x 3.25 inches.

Photo is dated 3-29-1961.



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