Quonset Point, Rhode Island – June 3, 1943
U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless
U.S. Navy Photo.
On June 3, 1943, Ensign Charles Howland Reinhard was taking off from the Quonset Point Naval Air Station in a Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft, (Bu. No. 10940), for an authorized cross country training flight. Almost immediately after becoming airborne, and with the landing gear retracted, the aircraft was observed by ground personnel to suddenly enter a left spin and crash. Ensign Reinhard perished in the accident.
Ensign Reinhard was assigned to VB-15.
Source:
U. S. Navy accident report #43-7131, dated June 3, 1943.
