The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land

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The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land
The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles northeast of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with 250 pound bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept it back over land
DateAugust, 1965
MediumUnited Press International telephoto
DimensionsOverall: 8 × 10 1/4 in. (20.3 × 26 cm) Image: 7 5/8 × 9 7/8 in. (19.4 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2022.15.291
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Provenance 2022: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art)
Markings Verso, center: "A3366"
Verso, center: "The main street of Nha Trang, a coastal town 200 miles north- / east of Saigon, after an American Canberra jet loaded with / 250lb bombs crashed, killing 12 South Vietnamese and injuring / 71. The pilot set the automatic controls to guide the stricken / plane out to sea before he baled out, but an inshore wind swept / it back over land. (pasted newspaper clipping)"
Verso, center: "[COPYRIGHT / Picture By RADIO or TELEPHOTO / NATIONALS £10.20.0: up to 6 sq. ins. / OVER / £17.17.0: 6 sq. ins. to 50 sq. ins. / PROVINCIALS £6.6.0: Minimum / UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD. / FLE. 3671]"
Verso, center: "[The Daily Telegraph / PUBLISHED / 9 AUG 1965 / ART DEPARTMENT]"
Verso, center: "503846"

Inscribed Verso, bottom left corner: "ANON-VNM-90 / 1200"
Verso, bottom right corner: "3 (illegible) / 4 1/2 / P18 / 2nd"
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