Quonset Point Naval Air Station
SBD Dauntless
U. S. Navy Photo
U.S. Navy Wildcat
U.S. Navy Photo
At 2:40 p.m. on September 14, 1943, an SBD Dauntless, (Bu. No. 2868), aircraft was taxiing on runway 16 at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station. As it was doing so it collided into the back of an F4F Wildcat, (Bu. No. 03390), that was parked on runway 34 about 100 yards south of the intersection of runway 10. The propeller of the Dauntless chewed off the tail of the wildcat. There was also damage to the Dauntless, but there were no injuries to anyone aboard the airplanes.
Source:
Quonset point Crash Log at Providence College Library archives.
