Attleboro, Massachusetts – June 11, 1945
On the evening of June 11, 1945, a 42-year-old pilot from Attleboro took off from Wilkins Airport in Plainville, Massachusetts, in a Cub J-2 airplane. While practicing a simulated landing over Attleboro, the aircraft struck a tree and crash-landed in a flooded meadow on the Diamond Dairy Farm off Richardson Avenue. The pilot was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The aircraft was left in the meadow overnight while police stood guard.
Source:
The Attleboro Sun, “Pilot Not Seriously Hurt In Plane Crash”, June 12, 1945.
