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Photograph of a wrecked Hughes XF-11/XR-11 aircraft (tail number 470155) following its crash into a house, Beverly Hills, California, 1946.

Photograph of people looking at a crashed Douglas O-38 aircraft (serial number 31-372), April 3, 1932. The emblem of the California National Guard is painted on the fuselage.Caption: "(G1-107G-115) (4-3-32)."

Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1921. The text "Emrick and Buton" is painted on the fuselage.Inscription on verso: "Tiffin O. 1921 / Jenny after crash."

Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, Tiffin, Ohio, circa 1921. The text on the fuselage reads "Emrick and [obscured]."Inscription on verso: "Tiffin O. 1921 / Jenny after crash."

Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1923. Inscription on verso: "Heitz's Jenny after crash -- 1923."

Photograph of a damaged Curtiss Fledgling aircraft, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1930. The verso inscription notes that the aircraft had a "bad landing." Inscription on verso: "Fledgling after bad landing by [illegible] -- Cleveland / 1930."

Photograph of a crowd gathered around a wrecked de Havilland H.4 aircraft, Blue Ash Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1922. Inscription on verso: "Cincinnati O. -- 1922 / Army DH after crash at Blue Ash Field."

Photograph of a damaged Standard J-1 aircraft, Blue Ash Field, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1922.Inscription on verso: "Cincinnati, O. 1922 / Blue Ash Field / Kettering's Standard after crash."

Photograph of a crashed Lear, Incorporated company Cessna 180 aircraft in a wooded area, circa 1950s-1960s. The text on the fuselage reads: "Engineering flight test." Inscription on verso: "Back to the drawing board."

Items from Box 82, Folder 9 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, June 1964. Contains correspondence, an incident report, and fifteen photographs related to the crash of a Learjet 23 aircraft (N801L) during certification testing.