The worst fears had come true.

All that remained was the telling of the story.

A search party has reached the crash site of a TWA plane in the mountains near Las Vegas.

All twenty-two people aboard were killed in the crash, including the actress, Carole Lombard, age 33, and her mother.

Also killed were fifteen Army ferry pilots who were returning to Long Beach after delivering new aircraft to US air bases.

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