Brunswick, ME. – January 28, 1944
U.S. Navy SBD Dauntless
U.S. Navy Photo.
On January 28, 1944, a flight of three Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft were returning to the Brunswick Naval Air Station after a formation training flight. As the aircraft approached the field at an altitude of 1,800 feet in a “V” formation, one of the aircraft, (Bu. No. 28727), left the formation and went into a spin from which it did not recover. The aircraft crashed and burned killing the pilot, Ensign James A. Andrew, Jr., and the gunner, Seaman 1/c Harry Hoerr.
The men were assigned to VS-31.
Source:
U. S. Navy accident report #44-11278, dated January 28, 1944.
