Flag-draped coffins of aircraft crash victims lie in a temporary shelter at Bole Airport in preparation for transportation back to the United States. The deceased include Texas Rep. George T. (Mickey) Leland, Joyce Williams, Patrice Johnson, Ivan Tillem, Thomas Worrick, Gladys Gilbert, Hugh Johnson, Robert Woods and Roberta Worrick. Seven Ethiopian passengers were also killed in the crash, which occurred as the group was traveling to a refugee camp near the Sudanese border
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Addis Ababa
Country: Ethiopia (ETH)
Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Thompson
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
01/08/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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