Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island – October 18, 1960
At about 10 a.m. on the morning of October 18, 1960, a T2J-1 navy training jet with two men aboard was making a landing approach at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station when the engine suddenly flamed out. The plane went down in Narragansett Bay about 400 yards off shore. A crash boat was dispatched and both men were rescued, each having suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Source:
Evening Bulletin, “2 Pilots Saved After Bay Crash”, October 18, 1960.
