What the records say
- When
- 28 Jan 1948
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 36.24° N, 120.58° W
- Description
- Plane crash near Coalinga, California, US
- Deaths
- 32
1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash
Plane crash near Coalinga, California, US
On January 28, 1948, a DC-3 aircraft operated by Airline Transport Carriers with 32 persons on board, mostly Mexican farm laborers, including some from the bracero guest worker program, crashed in the Diablo Range, 20 miles west of Coalinga, California, killing all passengers and crew. The crash inspired the song "Deportee" by Woody Guthrie.
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