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| Picture No | 10218555 |
| Date | 1945 |
| Description | Damage to the 78th and 79th Floors, Empire State Building, N |
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Photograph showing the damage to the Empire State Building caused when a Mitchell bomber flew into the 78th and 79th floors on the 28th July 1945. The pilot of the airplane, Lieutenant-Colonel W.F. Smith, was unable to see the skyscraper due to heavy fog at the time of the accident.
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| Source | Illustrated London News. 1945. bottom right page 124. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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