Atlantic Ocean – October 4, 1944

     On October 4, 1944, two navy TBM Avenger “torpedo” planes out of Quonset Point, Rhode Island, crashed in mid-air over the water  reportedly “…a short distance from Nantucket, Island.”  Two officers and three enlisted men were “missing”. 

     The Newport Mercury (Newport, R. I.), identified the men as:

     Ensign Arthur D. Fulton, Jr., 22.  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109798149/arthur-davis-fulton 

    Ensign Bailey Badgley, of San Marino, California. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246243798/bailey-badgley

    ARM3/c Charles E. Ford, 17, of Island Park, Michigan.  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/658943/charles-e-ford

    AOM3/c Charles M. Lovell of Chicago. 

   ARM3/c Thomas S. Daly, of Philadelphia. 

     On October 9, 1944, the Detroit Evening Times reported that none of the bodies had been recovered. 

     Sources:

     The Waterbury Democrat, “Six Navy Flyers Presumably Lost”, October 5, 1944, page 13. 

     Detroit Evening Times, “Detroiter Air Victim”, October 9, 1944, pg. C-3.   (This article stated five fliers had been lost.)

     Newport Mercury, (Newport, R. I.), “Lost Fliers Identified”, October 13, 1944, page 3.