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Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)
Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)

Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)

Date11/25/1968
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  • Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)
  • Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's Centennial Park last night while making an approach to runway 32 of Toronto International Airport. The pilot and his passenger were instantly killed in crash.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's Centennial Park last night while making an approach to runway 32 of Toronto International Airport. The pilot and his passenger were instantly killed in crash. Centennial Park, located on Centennial Park Road, west side, north of Rathburn Road. (43.652486, -79.589400)||Published in Toronto Daily Star, 26 November 1968, page B1.
GeographyBuilding, monument or parkCentennial Park
GeographyCity, town, twpToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodEringate
GeographyNorth-south streetCentennial Park Road
GeographyHistorical locationsEtobicoke (Ont.), 1850-1954
GeographyProvince or StateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000091F
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