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Moments after his friend Alan Ness crashed to his death, William McBride lies in a faint at the CNE mobile air control centre. McBride is president of(...)
Moments after his friend Alan Ness crashed to his death, William McBride lies in a faint at the CNE mobile air control centre. McBride is president of(...)

Moments after his friend Alan Ness crashed to his death, William McBride lies in a faint at the CNE mobile air control centre. McBride is president of(...)

Date9/2/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Moments after his friend Alan Ness crashed to his death; William McBride lies in a faint at the CNE mobile air control centre. McBride is president of Canadian Warplane Heritage Foundations; of which Ness was co-founder.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000146F
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