Newport, Rhode Island – February 19, 1954
SNJ Trainer Aircraft
U. S. Navy Photo
On February 19, 1954, a navy SNJ-4 training plane, (Bu. No. 27521), took off from the Quonset Point Naval Air station with two men aboard. At some point the plane developed a mechanical problem and crashed and exploded into the water off Easton’s Beach in Newport. Both men were killed instantly.
There were identified as:
Lieutenant Commander Delloyd Stranahan of Bloomfield, New Jersey.
Airman Henry E. Harmon, of St. Clair, Michigan.
Source:
Newport Daily News, “Navy Seeks Cause Of Plane Disaster At Easton’s Beach”, February 22, 1954. Article submitted by Eric Wiberg, author and historian.
