Quonset Point Naval Air Station – August 15, 1943
TBF-1 Avenger
U. S. Navy Photo
At 10:55 a.m. on the morning of August 15, 1943, an TBF Avenger, (Bu. No. 24273), with a crew of three aboard, had just taken off from the Quonset Point Naval Air Station when a fire, caused by a ruptured oil line, suddenly erupted in the engine. The pilot declared and emergency and made an emergency landing on runway 19. The crew evacuated safely and the fire was extinguished.
Source: Quonset Point Crash Log at Providence College Library archives.
