Narragansett Bay, R. I. – September 9, 1956
Douglas Skyraider
U. S. Navy Photo
On September 9, 1956, Ensign Paul Robert Steese, (21), was killed when the Ad Skyraider aircraft he was piloting crashed in Narragansett Bay off the end of runway 19 at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station. The details of the crash are not known.
Ensign Steese was assigned to the 75th Attack Squadron.
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Sources:
Information supplied by Larry Webster, Aviation Historian, Charlestown, R. I.
North Kingstown death records #56-56
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