from author and historian Jim Ignasher
New Bedford, Massachusetts – June 15, 1945
Early U.S. Navy Helldiver
U.S. Navy Photo
On June 15, 1945, a navy SBW-4E Helldiver , (Bu. No. 60107), violently ground-looped while making a landing at New Bedford. The aircraft suffered substantial damage but the crew was not hurt.
Source: U. S. Navy accident report dated June 15, 1945
New Bedford, Massachusetts – April 18, 1944
On April 18, 1944, a U. S. Navy Howard NH-1 aircraft, (Bu. No. 44905), took off from the Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island, bound for New Bedford’s auxiliary air field. Upon landing at New Bedford, the aircraft went off the runway and flipped onto its back. The plane was badly damaged, and the three men aboard received non-life-threatening injuries.
Source:
U. S. Navy accident report #44-13365, dated April 18, 1944.
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