Marblehead, Massachusetts – June 18, 1948
At 6 a.m. on the morning of June 18, 1948, two men, Albert R. Haley, (28), and Melvin S. Hamson, (21), were flying an a single-engine, two-seat, aircraft over the town of Marblehead when they developed engine trouble attempted to make an emergency landing at a playground. As the plane was making its approach, it struck some powerlines and crashed onto the lawn of a private home on Green Street killing both occupants.
The plane had been purchased by one of the men just three weeks earlier. One source stated it was a Taylorcraft, the other a Piper Cub.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99842925/melvin-stone-hamson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99842936/albert-robert-haley
Sources:
The Boston Herald, June 19, 1948, via www.findagrave.com
Unknown newspaper, “Two Mass. Men Burn To death In Plane Crash”, unknown date, via www.findagrave.com
