Marblehead, MA. – April 5, 1930

January 29, 2026

Marblehead, Massachusetts – April 5, 1930

     On April 5, 1930, two men took off in a small plane from Boston Airport and flew towards the northeast out over the Marblehead area.  While over the water of Marblehead Harbor the engine suddenly failed, and the pilot began gliding the plane towards an emergency water landing.  Just before impact, both occupants jumped from the plane and found themselves in the water. Fortunately the were rescued shortly afterwards by a man in a passing motorboat.  Both were transported to the Mary A. Alley Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.  

     Source:

     The Attleboro Sun, “Herbert Talbot In Plane Crash”, April 7, 1930.

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Marblehead, Ma. – June 18, 1948

November 23, 2024

Marblehead, Massachusetts – June 18, 1948

     At 6 a.m. on the morning of June 18, 1948, two men, Albert R. Haley, (28), and Melvin S. Hamson, (21), were flying an a single-engine, two-seat, aircraft over the town of Marblehead when they developed engine trouble  attempted to make an emergency landing at a playground.  As the plane was making its approach, it struck some powerlines and crashed onto the lawn of a private home on Green Street killing both occupants. 

     The plane had been purchased by one of the men just three weeks earlier.  One source stated it was a Taylorcraft, the other a Piper Cub.  

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99842925/melvin-stone-hamson

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99842936/albert-robert-haley

     Sources:

     The Boston Herald, June 19, 1948, via www.findagrave.com

     Unknown newspaper, “Two Mass. Men Burn To death In Plane Crash”, unknown date, via www.findagrave.com

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Marblehead, MA – May 7, 1915

February 5, 2017

Marblehead, Massachusetts – May 7, 1915

 

     On May 7, 1915, Aviator Clifford L. Webster, and a mechanic identified as “Carman”, were making a test flight over Marblehead of a Burgess airplane which had been built for Vincent Astor.  While over the water of near Marblehead Neck the engine suddenly stopped and the plane crashed into a sea wall on the ocean side of the causeway that connected Marblehead Neck with the rest of the town.   After striking the seawall, the aircraft continued on across the road where both men were pitched out.  Webster suffered a broken arm.  No injuries for the mechanic were reported.     

     Source: The Brattleboro Daily Reformer, (Brattleboro, VT.) “Aviator Was Badly Injured”, May 7, 1915, page 5

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