Lunenburg Plane Crash | New England Aviation History

Lunenburg, MA. – May 31, 1927

March 5, 2026

Lunenburg, Massachusetts – May 31, 1927

On May 31, 1927, two men took off from Boston Airport in a small airplane bound for Woolsen Field in Lunenburg. The pilot was ferrying the plane for the passenger who’d just purchased it. As the plane came down at Woolsen Field it encountered a soggy stretch of turf which caused the plane to nose over and somersault. The aircraft suffered damage to the propeller, upper wing, and rudder, but neither man was injured.

Source: Providence Journal, “Two Escape In Plane Crash”, June 1, 1927.

Lunenburg, MA – June 4,1941

March 6, 2016

Lunenburg, Massachusetts – June 4, 1941

On June 4, 1941, an O-38E observation plane, (ser. No. 34-14), was landing at Lunenburg Airdrome when the wheels hit a soft spot in the unpaved runway and the plane nosed over onto its back. The pilot, 2nd Lt. John F. Barrett, and the observer, 2nd Lt. Ernest O. Lindblom, (Spelled with one “o” in report.) escaped with minor injuries, however the plane was reportedly “demolished beyond economical repair.”

The men were assigned to the 152nd Observation Squadron based at Hillsgrove Army Air Field in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Source: U.S. Army Air Corps Technical Report Of Aircraft Accident #41-6-4-1