South Kingstown, Rhode Island – November 26, 1945
Worden’s Pond
SB2C Helldiver
U.S. Navy Photo
On November 26, 1945, Ensign Nelson Earl Carter, 22, was killed when the SB2C Helldiver (Bu. No. 65286) that he was piloting, crashed in Worden’s Pond during dive bombing practice.
Ensign Carter’s body was brought to the Quonset Point Naval Air Station in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, before being sent to Holland, Michigan for burial. He’s buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery in Holland, Plot PH3-C-74-4. For a photo of the grave, go to findagrave.com, Memorial # 49817091.
Ensign Carter had been a recipient of the Air Medal.
Sources:
Larry Webster, Aviation Archaeologist & Historian, Charlestown, R.I.
North Kingstown, Rhode Island, death records
Findagrave.com
