Martha’s Vineyard – January 6, 1945
Just after midnight on the morning of January 6, 1945, navy Lieutenant Robert L. deVeer was making a night training flight from Martha’s Vineyard to Otis Air Field in Falmouth, Massachusetts, when his plane, a TBM Avenger, went down in a wooded area near the Mayhew Memorial Chapel in North Tisbury, on Martha’s Vineyard. Although seriously injured, deVeer was able to extricate himself from the burning wreckage. He was transported to Chelsea Naval Hospital for treatment.
Source: Falmouth Enterprise, “Injured Flyer Has Home Here”, January 12, 1945