United Air Lines Flight 409 Crash collection, 1939-2001 (bulk 1955)

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United Air Lines Flight 409 Crash collection, 1939-2001 (bulk 1955)

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The United Air Lines Flight (UAL) 409 Crash collection contains materials related to the crash near Medicine Bow Peak. The material covers dates from 1939 to 2001; however the bulk of the material is from 1955. Included are photographs of the crash site, materials describing the rescue effort, newspaper clippings, other written and published accounts, and oral history interviews. A videotape is also included showing the National Guard's shelling of the mountainside and the use of horses for transport. Other material includes information about the Douglas Company and the DC-4, written accounts of the November 1, 1955, UAL crash south of Laramie, near Loveland, Colorado, as well as some material covering a dedication that took place in 2001 near the crash site.

.50 cubic ft. (1 box + 1 oversized folder)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7663702

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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United Air Lines

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United Air Lines Flight 409 Crash.

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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 company

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