Drennan Photo Service, fl. 1956 Jet Pilot Lands After Fire

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GLC#
GLC09677.72-View header record
Type
Images
Date
29 October 1956
Author/Creator
Drennan Photo Service, fl. 1956
Title
Jet Pilot Lands After Fire
Place Written
Mineola, New York
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 20.7 cm, Width: 25.3 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One photograph by Drennan Photo Service dated OCtober 29, 1956. Shows three men in military uniform inspecting a dropped wing tank. According to the attached press release First Lieutenant Allan H. Lancaster landed a F-86-F Sabre Jet at Mitchell Air Force Base after an electrical fire caused both wing tanks to be dropped. The wing tanks landed in the yard of Ned Schemaille in Hewlett, New York. Schemaille, a dentist, called the 5th Precinct Nassau County police. A crew from the air field came and removed the tank.

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