Exeter, R. I. – June 20, 1944

Exeter, Rhode Island – June 20, 1944   

Hellcat Fighters
U.S. Navy Photo

     On June 20, 1944, a flight of three Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft took off from Quonset Point Naval Air Station for a routine training flight.  As the aircraft were passing over the town of Exeter, one of them, (Bu. No. 58727), crashed into a wooded area about 100 yards from Nooseneck Hill Road across from the Dial restaurant. The pilot, Ensign Edward T. Sherman, (20), was killed.    

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35201505/edward-tallman-sherman

     Source:

     Providence Journal, “Navy Pilot Killed”, June 21, 1944.  

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