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Members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard prepare to carry caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, out of a 437th Military Airlift Wng C-141B Starlifter aircraft. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battaliion were killed in a plane crash at Gander Airport, Newfoundland. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

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Members of the 101st Airborne Division Honor Guard prepare to carry caskets containing the remains of members of the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, out of a 437th Military Airlift Wng C-141B Starlifter aircraft. On December 12, 1985, 248 soldiers of the 3rd Battaliion were killed in a plane crash at Gander Airport, Newfoundland. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Dover Air Force Base

State: Delaware (DE)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Vincent R. Kitts

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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16/12/1985
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