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To drag injured airmen from crashed planes or burning buildings, the training station firemen don asbestos crash suits and plunge into the blaze. Pictured is a ghost
To drag injured airmen from crashed planes or burning buildings, the training station firemen don asbestos crash suits and plunge into the blaze. Pictured is a ghost

To drag injured airmen from crashed planes or burning buildings, the training station firemen don asbestos crash suits and plunge into the blaze. Pictured is a ghost

Date9/5/1942
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Original Toronto Star caption: To drag injured airmen from crashed planes or burning buildings; the training station firemen don asbestos crash suits and plunge into the blaze. Pictured is a ghost.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0003492F
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