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Families remember 'adventurous' American firefighters during Black Summer plane crash inquest

Ian McBeth and his wife, Bowdie, on a campervan trip in 2019 ahead of his deployment to Australia. (Supplied: NSW Coroner's Court)

Three aerial firefighters onboard a large air tanker that crashed in the Snowy Mountains while fighting the Black Summer bushfires have been remembered as adventurous and courageous at an inquest into their deaths.

Americans Ian McBeth, Paul Hudson and Rick De Morgan Junior died fighting the Good Good bushfire when their C-130 plane stalled and crashed seconds after a retardant drop on January 23, 2020.

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