Greenfield, Massachusetts – June 11, 1939
On June 11, 1939, four persons took off in a small airplane from the Turners Falls Airport for a sightseeing flight. The plane had made three such flights earlier in the day. According to witnesses, as the plane achieved altitude and began to make a banking turn the left wing suddenly broke loose. The plane then went into a dive and crashed in an area known as “Scrub Grove”. All aboard were killed instantly.
The type of aircraft was not stated in the press.
Source:
Providence Journal, “Four Lose Lives In Plane Crash”, June 12, 1939, pg. 9.
