Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Steve Canyon. "How do I know you're an American in a runaway C-87 up in the overcast - who doesn't know how to land the airplane?"

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Resource type	Image
Creator	Caniff, Milton, 1907-1988
Description	Copyright, 1950, SUN and TIMES Company. Nine panel color comic strip.
Subject	Airplanes, Military Canyon, Steve (Fictitious character) Airplane crash survival Heroes
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Identifier	Digital ID: d_2654 Finding Number: CGA.AC.C13.011
Summary	The voice on the runaway C-87 communicates they don't know how to land the plane. The controller calmly tries to get the person flying the plane and Cheetah to land in the water. They fly very low by the airfield and land in the water. Major Canyon and his crew rush to get the boats out to rescue the survivors.
Source Collection	Milton Caniff Collection
Collection identifier	SPEC.CGA.MAC
Repository	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
File Format	image/tiff
Related finding aid	https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.CGA.MAC/
Date copyrighted	1950
Date	October 8, 1950
Rights note	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Version	proofs
Medium	ink
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/42c1e073-b520-488b-9114-9624ee2f5a47
Time period (Topic)	1950s (1950-1959)
Genre	comic strips
Extent	26 x 39.5 cm

Credit line: Milton Caniff Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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