Plane Wreckage Returned to Rockford.

Plane Wreckage Returned to Rockford.

On the flight to Stockholm, Bert Hassell's airplane, the "Greater Rockford," crashed on an ice cap in Greenland in August 1928 where it remained for forty years. Recovery efforts were made in 1968, and the airplane was returned to Rockford on June 17, 1969. This photograph shows the plane's wreckage with an assembly of observers below. Bert Hassell, in dark suit and hat, is seated in the center of the crowd.

1969

Midway Village Museum

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Still Image

90.109.25

Photograph

8" x 10"