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Source
National Archives and Records Administration (RG 95-GP-4911, Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History).
Document Type
Article
Creation Date
1939
Date Information
1939
Imaging Information
The photograph was scanned at the National Archives branch in College Park, Maryland.
Description
Two jumpers in jump suits and parachutes stand next to Harold C. King near a Stinson Reliant aircraft. King is the chief pilot for United States Forest Service Region 6. This photograph was taken during the smokejumping experiments conducted in Winthrop, Washington in 1939.
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No known restrictions.
Keywords
Stinson Aircraft Corporation Reliant; smokejumpers; jump suit; King, Harold C.; airport
