When doing some additional research, on another topic, we came upon these two photos dating back to early 1950s and the untimely death of the then President of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay.
A C47 “Gooney Bird” similar
to the one carrying President Magsaysay.
The first is a photo of the scene where the wreckage of his plane was found.
The second is a photo of the memorial erected to commemorate the tragic loss of all on board the doomed flight except for one person who survived.
Nestor Mata, of the Philippine Herald was the lone survivor of the doomed flight that crashed on Mount Manunggal in Cebu that fateful day of March 17, 1957.
Nestor Mata
Journalist
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