East Hartford, Connecticut – August 17, 1942
Curtis P-40 Aircraft
U. S. Army Air Corps Photo
On August 17, 1942, 2nd Lt. Harry Franklin Sheraw, (21), was at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, scheduled to take a routine training flight in a P-40E fighter plane, (Ser. No. 41-36521). Just after take off, at an altitude of 200 feet, the engine failed, an the plane crashed and burned.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168579830/harry-franklin-sheraw
Source:
Book, “Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States, 1941-1945”, By Anthony J. Mireles, C. 2006
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