Aerial Recon - Seward Alaska.
Collection Name
Alaska Earthquake Archives Committee Collection
Identifier
UAF-1972-153-118
Title
Aerial Recon - Seward Alaska .
Description
Title taken from back of photo .Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U . S . Air Force B-58 'Hustler ' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing , Carswell AFB , Tex. , took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday earthquake . Making runs over the devistated areas at 460 miles per hour , the Strategic Air Command (SAC) aircraft fles between 300 and 400 feet from the ground . The B-58's were piloted by Maj . Jack Kennon and Maj . Tom Glass . The 43rd Bomb Wg . is commanded by Brig . Gen . Everett 'Brick ' Holstrom . (Air Force Photo) " .Surveyors ' notes written on the photo read : "RR washed out , Switch engine , Debris , Oddfellow's hall , Clean up crews at work. " Seward Alaska following the Alaska Earthquake and Tidal Wave 3/27/64 . [Additional information taken from notes with photos.]
Creator
United States. Army Air Forces
Subject.TGM
Earthquakes Aerial photographs Railroads Railroad cars Houses Military reconnaissance
Subject.LCSH
Alaska Earthquake, Alaska, 1964
Location
Seward (Alaska)
Region
Southcentral Alaska
Time Period
1959 and later
Date
1964/03/27
Type
Image (Aerial photographs)
Ordering & Use
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Holding Institution
Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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