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ON THIS DAY: McGrath BLM DC-3 in 2021

On July 3rd, 1970, a twin-engine DC-3 aircraft crashed shortly after take-off from a runway in McGrath, Alaska. The aircraft was carrying 25 Bureau of Land Management firefighters, their equipment and two pilots.

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