Wrecked Crop Spraying Plane

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFED people at the site of a wrecked crop-spraying plane after it hit a REA line when spraying crops with parathion. A US Army helicopter is on the left side of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Crop spraying plane failed to see REA line while spraying wheat with Parathion. Army Helicopter from Ft. Sill saw crash, picked pilot up, gave first aid and took him to the station hospital at Ft. Sill. Pilot not seriously injured.”
Date: March 27, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wrecked Crop Spraying Plane

Photograph of a wrecked crop-spraying plane after it hit a REA line when spraying crops with parathion. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Crop spraying plane failed to see REA line while spraying wheat with Parathion. Army helicopter from Ft. Sill saw crash - picked pilot up, gave first aid and took him to the station hospital at Ft. Sill. Pilot not seriously injured."
Date: March 27, 1961
Creator: Cummins, Pat
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History