Title:
Military airplane crashes strong reminder to the region that America was in a war
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Local airplane crashes during World War II
Object ID:
Kim07-092b
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
04/27/1007
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
During World War II, Groton's nearly new Trumbull Field surged with wartime activity that sometimes resulted in local tragedy such as an: Army plane crashes on Yetter farm in Groton; Army plane crashes in Long Island Sound; Navy torpedo plane crashes on Fishtown Road; Navy fighter plane crashes into the Chicago Avenue home of Philibert Bergeron.
People:
Dunks, Hudson G. (Lt.)
Watrous, Phil
Bergeron, Philibert L.
Watrous, Phil
Bergeron, Philibert L.
Search Terms:
World War II
war planes crash locally
Trumbull Field
Army Air Force
Yetter farm
Long Island Sound
Fishtown Road
Navy Hellcat fighter
Colonel Ledyard Elementary School
war planes crash locally
Trumbull Field
Army Air Force
Yetter farm
Long Island Sound
Fishtown Road
Navy Hellcat fighter
Colonel Ledyard Elementary School