Picture No | 10218553 |
Date | 1945 |
Description | The Empire State Building, New York, on Fire, 1945. |
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Photograph showing the Empire State Building on fire, between the eighty-fifth and ninetieth floors, as a result of a Mitchell bomber accidently crashing into the building, 28th July 1945. The pilot of the airplane, Lieutenant-Colonel W.F. Smith, was unable to see the Empire State Building due to heavy fog.
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Source | Illustrated London News. 1945. bottom right page 124. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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