Windsor Locks, Connecticut – August 9, 1944
P-47 Thunderbolt – U.S. Air Force Photo
On the morning of August 9, 1944, 2nd Lt. Francis R. Betz took off from Bradley Field in Windsor Locks, in a P-47D fighter aircraft, (Ser. No. 42-8262), for a routine training mission. Upon his return to the airfield, his plane crashed and burned about one mile short of the runway.
Source:
Book, “Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents In The United States, 1941 – 1945”, by Anthony J. Mireles, C. 2006.
