Barnstable, MA. – June 6, 1976
On the morning of June 6, 1976, two off-duty Massachusetts police officers left Tewksbury in a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza bound for Hyannis to attend a breakfast for the Massachusetts Association of Police Pilots. One officer was a member of the Wilmington Police, and the other the Malden Police. At about 12:30 p.m., the pair took off from Hyannis to return to Tewksbury. Just after takeoff the plane was seen diving to the ground where it crashed off Marston’s Lane in the Cummiquid section of Barnstable. Both men were killed. The cause of the accident was not stated.
Source:
Providence Evening Bulletin, “Two Pilot Policemen Killed In Plane Crash”, June 7, 1976, page B-10
