North Kingstown, Rhode Island – June 23, 1955
T-33 Shooting Star – U. S. Air Force Photo
Just after midnight on the morning of June 23, 1955, a U. S. Air Force T-33A training jet, (Ser. No. 52-9601A), with two men aboard, crashed on Slocum Hill Road in the town of North Kingstown. Both crewmen aboard were killed. The cause of the crash was found to be carbon monoxide poisoning.
The crew were:
Captain Robert Shebat, (27), a veteran pilot of WWII and Korea.
To see a photo of him and read more, click in link below.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121958355/robert-shebat
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Allen Landman, (22) of The Bronx, N.Y.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/899387/arthur-a-landman
Both men were assigned to Otis Air Force Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and were on a routine training flight at the time of the crash.
Sources:
Info from Larry Webster, Aviation Historian, Charlestown, R. I.
Town of North Kingstown death records, #55-4- and 55-41
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