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  • Short Summary

    Wreck of crashed plane + plus funerals of American airmen killed in crash.

  • Description

    Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.

    Iceland.

    Various shots wreck of crashed aeroplane on mountainside. Various shots funeral of crash victims. The victims were American airmen and are given full military honours at funeral: coffins are covered in stars and stripes flags, soldiers and officers march behind funeral cortege.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1845.22
    Media URN:
    60882
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:47:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:54:08:00 / 01:54:55:00
    Canister:
    UN 710 F

Comments (1)

  1. EQlizer says

    May 3, 1943. Lt. Gen. Frank Andrews, commander of US European Theater of Operations killed in a plane crash in Iceland.

    In early 1943 Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews needed to get back to Washington, D.C. He was Commander of the European Theater of Operations and known as the father of the Air Force. General Andrews knew Hot Stuff's pilot Capt. "Shine" Shannon and chose to fly back to the United States with him.

    Hot Stuff had a scheduled refueling stop in Iceland but crashed into Mount Fagradalsfjall near Grindavik, Iceland, in bad weather on May 3, 1943. Fourteen on board were killed. Only the tail gunner, George Eisel, survived.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Maxwell_Andrews

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