United Air Lines Flight 409 Crash collection 1939-2001 1955

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United Air Lines Flight 409 Crash collection 1939-2001 1955

http://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah10494.xml

Materials documenting airplane crash which occurred on October 6, 1955.

0.50 cubic ft. + artifact (1 document box, 1 oversized folder, artifact)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405672

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United Air Lines

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk8783 (corporateBody)

United Air Lines Flight 409 Crash.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm01bt (corporateBody)

On the morning of October 6, 1955, a United Air Lines DC-4 (UAL Flight 409) en route from New York City to San Francisco with scheduled stops at Denver and Salt Lake City, crashed into a ridge of Medicine Bow Peak (12,013 feet), west of Laramie, Wyoming, killing all 66 passengers and crew members. The Wyoming Air National Guard initiated a search when radio contact was lost with the crew. The wreckage was spotted on a ledge high up in the Snowy Range. Rescuers were on the scene by early afternoo...

Douglas Aircraft Corporation.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ch2trz (corporateBody)