Charlestown, Rhode Island – August 12, 1944
F6F Hellcat
U. S. Navy Photo
On the night of August 12, 1944, Ensign Robert Sherman Kirk, Jr., (23), of Baltimore, Maryland, was piloting an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 41803), off the shore of southern Rhode Island on a training flight when he crashed into the water. The cause is unknown. His body was recovered four hours later.
Ensign Kirk was assigned to VF(N) – 105. (Night Fighter Squadron 105)
Sources:
Evening Star, (Wash. D.C.), “Baltimore Flyer Killed”, August 12, 1944, pg. A-2.
Aircraft information supplied by Larry Webster, aviation historian.
