Quonset Point, Rhode Island – July 20, 1942
TBF-1 Avenger
U. S. Navy Photo
At 1:15 p.m. on July 20, 1942, a TBF-1 Avenger, (Bu. No. 00524), was returning to Quonset Point Naval Air Station after a training flight when the engine lost all power and crashed into a pile of rocks at the end of the runway while attempting an emergency landing. Two men were aboard the aircraft at the time, and both suffered broken bones.
The aircraft was a total loss.
The aircraft was assigned to VF-4.
Source:
U. S. Navy accident report #43-4516
