Westerly, Rhode Island – September, 20, 1943
Douglas SBD Dauntless
U.S. Navy Photo
On September 20, 1943, Ensign Charles Frederick Leiserson, age 21, was piloting an SBD-4 Dauntless, (Bu. No. 10470), on a gunnery training mission when the aircraft crashed and burned in Westerly, R.I. Also aboard was Ensign Raymond R. Strimel, age 28. Both men were killed.
Ensign Leiserson is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, and Ensign Strimel is buried in East Lawn Memorial Park in Reno, Ohio.
Sources:
U. S. Navy Accident Report #44-8706, dated September 20, 1943
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