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"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" is a protest song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie and music by Martin Hoffman detailing the January 28, 1948 crash of a plane near Los Gatos Canyon, [1] 20 miles (32 km) west of Coalinga in Fresno County, California, United States.
The crash inspired the song "Deportee" by Woody Guthrie. [1] Some of the passengers were being returned to Mexico at the termination of their bracero contracts, while others were undocumented immigrants being deported. Initial news reports listed only the pilot, first officer, and stewardess, with the remainder listed only as "deportees."
1948 – “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” is a protest song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie detailing the crash of a plane near Los Gatos Canyon, 20 miles west of Coalinga in Fresno County, California, United States. The crash occurred in Los Gatos Canyon and not in the town of Los Gatos itself, which is in Santa Clara County ...
However as late as 1925 the course of Los Gatos Creek east of the Guijarral Hills was referred to as Arroyo Pasajero on a USGS Topographic map of Coalinga. [7] Los Gatos Creek is remembered as the site of a plane crash in 1948 which was the subject of a song by Woody Guthrie, "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)".
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The helicopter was on a tour of the canyon, one of the top U.S. tourist destinations and more than a mile deep, when it went down. US Grand Canyon helicopter crash kills three: report Skip to main ...
28 January 1948: an ATC Douglas DC-3 (NC36480) crashed near Los Gatos, California with the loss of all 32 people aboard. The crash inspired a Woody Guthrie song. Further information: 1948 Los Gatos DC-3 crash