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The flying-boat Samoan Clipper and her crew in Auckland, before the accident near Pago Pago which claimed the lives of all crew
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The flying-boat Samoan Clipper and her crew in Auckland, before the accident near Pago Pago which claimed the lives of all crew

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Pacific's terrible aviation disaster: sidelights on the loss of the Clipper. TOP LEFT: Captain Edwin C. Musick, with Mr. H. Gatty, Pan American Airways special representative in New Zealand, and members of the Clipper's crew coming ashore when the flying-boat reached Auckland on its initial visit last March. TOP RIGHT: The Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, greeting Captain Musick on arrival at Auckland on December 26. MIDDLE: Giant flying-boats at Auckland last month - the Clipper (nearer) and Imperial Airways Centaurus. BOTTOM LEFT: The symbol of tragedy: the Stars and Stripes at half-mast above the Auckland building of Pan American Airways. BOTTOM RIGHT: Pago Pago, the Samoan base which the Clipper left for Auckland on her last flight. Search operations were conducted from here
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1938-01-19
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American Samoa
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