New Bedford, Massachusetts – July 25, 1967
On July 25, 1967, a lone 61-year-old pilot took off in a twin-engine airplane from the New Bedford Airport bound for Beverly, Massachusetts. Five minutes later the pilot radioed that he was returning to the airport and then dissappeared from radar over a thickly wooded area near northern New Bedford. A search and rescue operation was instituted, and the wreckage was located the following day. The pilot was suffereing from non-life threatening injuries and was transported to a medical facility.
Source:
Providence Journal, “Amphibious Plane Vanishes After New Bedford takeoff” July 26, 1967
