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Personal Experience of the Army Bomber Crash

Item

Title

Personal Experience of the Army Bomber Crash

Subject

Wilmington_history
War_time_photography
World_war_2_photography

Description

A typed history of Olivia Cueva-Fernandez and her experience on the day of the army bomber crash in November 1944. She believes the pilot was a hero who avoided houses and caused as little damage as possible. She often wonders why there was no press coverage of the crash

Creator

Wilmington Historical Society

Source

Wilmington Area Subject Files - Box 3: Institutions, Port and War History

Date

1944

Contributor

Wilmington Historical Society

Rights

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Format

Letter

Language

eng

Type

Document

Identifier

WSF_03-26-02-001

Coverage

Los Angeles County (Calif.); Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Medium

Print

Physical Dimensions

8.5" x 11"

Citation

Wilmington Historical Society, “Personal Experience of the Army Bomber Crash,” Wilmington Historical Society Digital Library, accessed April 14, 2026, https://wilmingtonhistory.omeka.net/items/show/3848.

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>