Grenier Air Force Base – August 16, 1956
F-80C Shooting Star
U.S. Air Force Photo
On August 16, 1956, Air Force Reserve pilot Captain Samuel B. Bellevue, (33), was killed when the F-80 fighter jet he was piloting crashed on takeoff from Grenier Air Force Base in Manchester, New Hampshire. Capt. Bellevue was from Saco, Maine, assigned to the 89th Fighter Bomber Wing. He was at Grenier AFB for two-weeks of training.
Source: Sanford Tribune, no headline, August 23, 1956, page 14, col. 2.
