Mansfield, Massachusetts – June 26, 1955
On June 26, 1955, a man and woman took off from the Mansfield Airport in a Timm, low-wing, open-cockpit, single-engine monoplane. The pilot was a 41-year-old professional pilot and parachute jumper. His passenger was a 36-year-old woman well known in the community. According to witnesses, the aircraft reached an altitude of about 400 feet when it abruptly dove towards the ground crashing nose first into a wooded area about 150 yards from Hall Street and a short distance from the Boltz Farm at 600 South Main Street. Both occupants perished in the crash.
One witness stated that the plane appeared to be “laboring” leading to speculation that the aircraft may have experienced engine trouble.
Source:
The Attleboro Sun, (Mass.), “Two Killed In Plane Crash At mansfield”, June 27, 1955.
