Quonset Point Naval Air Station – November 16, 1956
On November 16, 1956, a U.S. Navy, S2F-1 Sentinel, twin-engine aircraft crashed just after take off from Quonset Point NAS. The plane went down 200 yards off the seawall at the end of Runway 5, and sank in 30 feet of water in Narragansett Bay. All three crewmen aboard were killed. Their names were not published pending notification of kin.
The aircraft was assigned to Antisubmarine Squadron 39 at Quonset Point.
Source: Lewiston Evening Journal, “Three Killed In Crash Of Navy Plane”, November 16, 1956
