Category: The Black Star Collection
Agency: PAN ASIA PHOTO NEWS
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: 1959-06-30
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.074567

Inscriptions:
Captions: Verso: JET CRASHES INTO SCHOOL BUILDING -- / American and native rescue workers / search for the bodies of the dead / and injured victims in the twisted / and charred wreckage after a US Air / Force jet crashed into a primary school / building on the morning of June 30 in / Ishikawa town, Okinawa. At least 16 / persons including nine school children / and more than 100 xxxxx were injured / in the crash caused by a pilotless [sic] jet that plunged into the building during / morning classes. The crash sprewed / destruction over a mile area destroy- / ing fifty homes and leaving 200 per- / sons homeless. The town is located / 18 miles north of the Okinawan capital / of Naha. PAN-ASIA PHOTO NEWS ab eu jp / xxxx 7//2//59 kh//gs on the / shoulder of her equally grief-stricken / husband as they identify the body of a / dead child as their son. At least 16 / persons were killed including nine / school children wxx were attending / classes when a US Air Force super sabre / jet crashed into the building on the / morning of June 30. The crash occured / in Ishikawa town [illeg.] about 18 / miles north of the Okinawan capital of / Naha. Fifty homes were burned leaving / some 200 persons homeless. PAN-ASIA / PHOTO NEWS ab eu jp 7//2//59 kh//gsMarkings:Verso: JET CRASHES INTO SCHOOL BUILDING -- / American and native rescue workers / search for the bodies of the dead / and injured victims in the twisted / and charred wreckage after a US Air / Force jet crashed into a primary school / building on the morning of June 30 in / Ishikawa town, Okinawa. At least 16 / persons including nine school children / and more than 100 xxxxx were injured / in the crash caused by a pilotless [sic] jet that plunged into the building during / morning classes. The crash sprewed / destruction over a mile area destroy- / ing fifty homes and leaving 200 per- / sons homeless. The town is located / 18 miles north of the Okinawan capital / of Naha. PAN-ASIA PHOTO NEWS ab eu jp / xxxx 7//2//59 kh//gs on the / shoulder of her equally grief-stricken / husband as they identify the body of a / dead child as their son. At least 16 / persons were killed including nine / school children wxx were attending / classes when a US Air Force super sabre / jet crashed into the building on the / morning of June 30. The crash occured / in Ishikawa town [illeg.] about 18 / miles north of the Okinawan capital of / Naha. Fifty homes were burned leaving / some 200 persons homeless. PAN-ASIA / PHOTO NEWS ab eu jp 7//2//59 kh//gs

Tagasauris Keywords: Accident; Aerial View; Building; Day; Disasters and accidents; Full-Length Portrait; Grief; Group of people; Group of people; Low angle View; Male; Manual labour; Military; No Photostyle; Outdoors; Panoramic; Sadness; Tree; Wood; Young adult
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: OKINAWA / ACCIDENTS
Retouching: N