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.)
