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Redlands man’s collection documents 1938 TWA plane crash in Yosemite

Bob Hoskin, owner of Variety Antiques, displays an unearthed collection of items documenting the 1938 Yosemite TWA crash. Among the items are a TWA pilot’s hat, leather-bound magazines found on board, photos of the crash site and those involved in the search parties and newspaper clippings.
Bob Hoskin, owner of Variety Antiques, displays an unearthed collection of items documenting the 1938 Yosemite TWA crash. Among the items are a TWA pilot’s hat, leather-bound magazines found on board, photos of the crash site and those involved in the search parties and newspaper clippings.

REDLANDS >> Every weekend, many scour through yard sales in hopes of uncovering antique treasures.

One Sunday morning in 2009, area resident Bob Hoskin uncovered something not seen in decades — a cedar chest containing accounts of the 1938 Yosemite Transcontinental and Western Air plane crash.

Only he didn’t know it at the time.

The contents were uncovered off Buena Vista Street here in town nearly 7 . . .