Greenfield Massachusetts Plane Crash | New England Aviation History

Greenfield, MA. – June 11, 1939

March 10, 2026

Greenfield, Massachusetts – June 11, 1939

On June 11, 1939, four persons took off in a small airplane from the Turners Falls Airport for a sightseeing flight. The plane had made three such flights earlier in the day. According to witnesses, as the plane achieved altitude and began to make a banking turn the left wing suddenly broke loose. The plane then went into a dive and crashed in an area known as “Scrub Grove”. All aboard were killed instantly.

The type of aircraft was not stated in the press.

Source:

Providence Journal, “Four Lose Lives In Plane Crash”, June 12, 1939, pg. 9.

Greenfield, MA. – July 31, 1929

March 5, 2026

Greenfield, Massachusetts – July 31, 1929

On July 31, 1929, two men were flying over the Greenfield area in what was described in the press as an “obsolete” airplane. For reasons not stated, while the plane was passing over an area about five miles from the center of town, it went into a tail spin and crashed in a field, hitting the ground just twenty-five feet from where two teenagers were picking berries. Neither of the teenagers were injured, but the plane was destroyed and both men received fatal injuries.

Source:

Providence Journal, “Merchant Killed In Plane Crash”, August 1, 1929