Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island – July 24, 1943
F4U Corsair
US Navy Photo
On July 24, 1943, Sub Lieutenant Kenneth Lester Boddington of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserves was piloting an F4U Corsair, (Bu. No. JT-129), on a training flight. As he was approaching runway 23 at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station to make a landing, his aircraft was seen to suddenly go into a spin and crash into the water about 3/4 of a mile from the end of the runway. The cause of the accident is not known. His body was recovered and he was buried in Island Cemetery in Newport, Rhode Island.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15037591/kenneth-lester-boddington
Source:
Quonset Point Crash Log, at Providence College Library
