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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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An Army bomber commanded by Capt. Richard S. Freeman from Ladd Field, Alaska, crashed into Tops Mountain near Lovelock, Nevada, on Feb. 6, killing all eight men aboard. Wreckage was found by a CCC party, and the crash was witnessed by a railroad worker.
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BIG BOMBER DIVES INTO NEVADA MOUNTAIN
BULLETIN - Lovelock, Nev., Feb. 6 - All eight men in the Army bomber were killed when the big plane crashed into the mountain.
The plane was commanded by Capt. Richard S. Freeman, of Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.
A CCC party has found the wreckage strewn along the slope.
LOVELOCK, Nevada, Feb. 6
A big Army plane crashed into the side of the ragged Tops Mountain near here this afternoon and Army officials feared it is a four-motored experimental bomber carrying two officers and a crew of six.
A Sacramento-Denver Railroad section worker saw the plane strike the mountain side with a tremendous crash and clouds of black smoke quickly billowed to the sky.
The section worker ran to a telephone and notified the authorities.
The bomber is said to have been in charge of Capt. R. S. Freeman, listed in the latest Army Register as commanding officer at Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Lovelock, Nevada
Event Date
Feb. 6
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all eight men in the army bomber were killed
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A big Army plane crashed into the side of the ragged Tops Mountain near Lovelock this afternoon. The plane was a four-motored experimental bomber carrying two officers and a crew of six, commanded by Capt. Richard S. Freeman of Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska. A Sacramento-Denver Railroad section worker witnessed the crash and notified authorities. A CCC party found the wreckage strewn along the slope.