Manchester, CT. – August 24, 1946

Manchester, Connecticut – August 24, 1946

     On August 24, 1946, a 25-year-old pilot from East Hartford, Connecticut, was giving a plane ride to a 13-year-old youth from Manchester.  The pilot flew over the youth’s home and while doing so swooped in for a low pass.  In doing so, the landing gear clipped the tops of a row of trees causing the plane to crash into a lot and burst into flames.  Both the pilot and passenger perished in the accident. 

     The type of aircraft was not mentioned. 

     Source:

     The Waterbury Democrat, (CT.), “Five Violent Deaths Listed”, August 26, 1946.  (The article related five deaths over one weekend in Connecticut.  Only two were aviation related.)

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