Historic Accidents

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  • Dry Tortugas National Park

    Bird Key Wreck

    • Type: Place
    • Locations: Dry Tortugas National Park
    Underwater photo of a shipwreck covered in algae. There are fish around the wreck. Water is teal.

    The Bird Key Wreck, also known as the Brick Wreck.

  • Crescent Crater Military Plane Crash

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Lassen Volcanic National Park
    • Offices: History, Park History Program
    Black and white photograph of airplane wreckage on hillside

    Friends and family honor the eight servicemen who lost their lives in a military plane crash on Crescent Crater in Lassen Volcanic National Park in 1951.

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Last updated: July 20, 2023

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