Quonset Point Naval Air Station – September 22, 1953
Douglas Skyraider
U. S. Navy Photo
On September 22, 1953, Lieutenant Commander Richard Bennett, 34, of Presque Isle, Maine, was making a landing approach to runway 34 at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station in an AD-1 Skyraider, (Bu. No. 09244), when the plane suddenly crashed near the end of the runway killing him. No further details are known.
Lt. Cmdr. Bennett had been assigned to the Norfolk Naval Air Station since August 31, 1952.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123112795/richard-dale-bennett
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Source:
Evening Star, (Wash. D.C.), “Norfolk Naval Aviator Dies In Crash At Quonset”, September 23, 1953.
