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Alaska Plane Crash Kills Four Near Valdez
In Valdez Alaska a National Guard C 47 plane carrying four aboard crashed during a night takeoff from Valdez airfield Governor William A. Egan had exited minutes earlier and witnesses saw the craft hit the water near the dock site tied to the March 27 disaster. Debris including wing tanks and papers were recovered as search boats extended the effort with officials noting no survivors.
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Valdez
Alaska
Alaska National Guard
William A. Egan
Valdez Air Field
Anchorage
Tetum Ral
Thomas
Carroll
Egan
Thomas Norris
Juneart
James Rowe
Ayres
Air Force
Merle Mason
Fairbanks
Norrig