Air Force mercy pilots award, 1958

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1 images. Air Force mercy pilots award, 17 April 1958. Robert H. Busch (awarded air medal); Jackie Cochran; Colonel Dean Hess; Captain William M. Knowlton (awarded air medal). (Handout).; Supplementary material reads: "Left to Right: Busch, Jackie, Cochran, Col. Dean Hess and Knowland. Press Release. For Immediate Release. Two Air Force mercy pilots will be signally honored by the 51st General Conference of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale this afternoon for their daring rescue of 50 persons off a stricken French freighter last December 12. The 1958 meetinf of the FAI, an international organization of aero clubs which has aimed since its formation in 1905 to coordinate the development of world-wide aeronauticsm has attracted more than 150 delegates from 45 countries, including the Soviet Union. Theme of the Conference is 'Humanities in Aviation' and underscores the varied roles avaiation has played in making the peoples of the earth better neighbors. The Air Medal will be awarded to Captain William M. Knowlton and First Lieutenant Robert H. Busch, both of the 56th Air Rescue Squadron stationed in Sidi Slimane, French Morocco, at the concluding session of the FAI General Conference at the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, April 16. Brigadier-General Thomas J. DuBose, Commander, Air Rescue Service, will make the presentation". For the complete article, please check original document.

Asset Metadata

Title Air Force mercy pilots award, 1958

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1958-04-17

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Temporal Subject 1958-04-17

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Language English

Source Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961 (subcollection), Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Repository Email cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu

Access Conditions Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m17562

Identifier EXM-N-12328-014~1 (filename), examiner-m1663 (legacy collection record id), examiner-c44-93807 (legacy record id), examiner-m17562 (legacy record id), 12328-014 (sleeve number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 93807

Unique identifier UC11715099

Legacy Identifier EXM-N-12328-014~1.tif

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 28.8 in × 22.6 in at 300dpi
73.3 cm × 57.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961

Description The Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection consists of approximately 1.4 million prints and negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper. It was a daily newspaper, published in the afternoon on weekdays (Herald-Express) and in the morning on weekends (Examiner). The afternoon and morning papers merged in 1962 (Herald Examiner).

? 1903-1989: Los Angeles Examiner (founded 1903)
? 1931-1962: Los Angeles Herald-Express (formed from the 1931 merger of Los Angeles Evening Express and Evening Herald)
? 1962-1989: Los Angeles Herald Examiner (formed from the 1962 merger of the Los Angeles Herald-Express and the Los Angeles Examiner)

Almost every event and individual receiving news coverage in Los Angeles during the period late 1920's to 1961 is represented in the collection. Coverage is broad including crime, sports, society, art, and entertainment. The collection forms part of the Hearst Collection and was a gift from the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division of the Hearst Corporation in 1978.

The Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection (1950-1961) consists of approximately 215,000 4x5-inch negatives from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

The Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection consists of approximately 1.2 million photoprints from the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper.

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