Original 1947 Associated Press Wire Photo showing burial services for victims of the Capital Airlines plane crash in Leesburg, Virginia, on June 16, 1947. The original AP caption printed directly on the photograph identifies the scene as the burial of 10 unidentified victims and two identified victims in a common grave at Leesburg Cemetery. Relatives of the crash victims gathered to witness the ceremony following one of the deadliest U.S. commercial aviation disasters of its era. Measures approximately 9¼ × 6⅝ inches. This photograph came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper. Please see photos.
