Atlantic Ocean – October 10, 1958
C-123K Cargo Plane
U. S. Air Force Photo
On October 10, 1958, a C-123 cargo plane based out of Otis Air Force Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts, was returning to Otis from Miami, Florida, when a fire erupted on board while the plane was off the coast of Virginia. There was a crew of three aboard: the pilot, Captain Frederick W. Meyer, 29, the co-pilot, Captain Warren W. Swenson, 37, and Staff Sergeant Paul F. D’Entremont.
Captain Meyer gave the order to bail out, and the three men parachuted into the ocean. Meyer and Swenson were rescued by a navy helicopter, and D’Entremont was pulled from the water by the crew of a Coast Guard boat.
D’Entremont had suffered unspecified injuries, and was transported to the Portsmouth, Virginia, Naval Hospital, where he passed away. He had been assigned to the 551st Periodic Maintenance Squadron.
Source:
Falmouth Enterprise, “Sergeant Dies After Plane Crash”, October 14, 1958
