Long Island Sound – May 18, 1953
On May 18, 1953, a small private plane with a pilot and two prominent New Yorkers aboard left Princeton, New Jersey, bound for Westerly Airport in Westerly, Rhode Island. As the flight neared Westerly it encountered heavy fog and low lying clouds, and was forced to turn back. It then disappeared and was declared missing. It was presumed to have gone down in Long Island Sound.
Source:
The Evening Star, (Washington, D. C.), “2 Prominent New Yorkers Aboard Missing Plane”, May 19, 1953, page A-5.
