Bourne, Massachusetts – October 9, 1942
Cape Cod Canal
OS2U Kingfisher
U.S. Navy Photo
On October 9, 1942, a U.S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher aircraft, (Bu. No. 09413), flew under the Sagamore Bridge which crosses the Cape Cod Canal in Borne, and just after doing so struck a high-voltage electric cable strung 350 feet above and across the Cape Cod Canal. The impact sent the aircraft into a stall and caused it to hit the water near the southern shore of the canal. The aircraft would require a major overhaul, but neither of the two-man crew was reported to be injured.
As a point of fact, this aircraft was put back into service and was involved in a minor accident at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station in Rhode Island on August 24, 1943. For more information, click here.
Source:
U. S. Navy accident report #43-5038, dated October 9, 1942
