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Remembering when

Date11/12/1989

Names

Bull, Ron (photographer)

Dix, John (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Remembering when: Four decades after his plane crashed in a Luxembourg field, John Dix reminisces by a painting of the aircraft. At right, the dramatic series of letters received by his parents.

Subject

Aircraft accidents

Airplane crash survival

Portraits

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0044114F

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