GROTON ARMY AIR FIELD, CT
ACCIDENT LISTING

USAAF/USAF AIRCRAFT 1918-1955

This list represents aircraft accidents involving aircraft assigned to this station or the vicinity before a permanent airport was built. We have worked to index as many as possible, but there are still many more that are missing, incomplete or erroneous. We will continue to add additional records as time permits. This page contains both minor and major aircraft accidents that occured both on and off of flying fields.

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DATE	PILOT	AC	SN	LOCATION
280720	LANCTO, JOSEPH W	PT-1	27-172	GROTON, CT
280720	TRUMBULL, JOHN H	O-17	28-375	GROTON, CT
420208	KIMBALL, MELVIN B	PT-17	41-8001	GROTON AAF, CT
420211	SCOTT, VERNON L	P-40E	41-24786	GROTON AAF, CT
420218	PYLES, GEORGE V	P-40E	41-24787	GROTON AAF, CT
420222	WYMOND, GILBERT O	P-40E	41-24807	GROTON AAF, CT
420226	CLARK, THOMAS W	P-40C	41-13382	SENECA, SC
420305	KIMBALL, MELVIN B	P-40E	40-390	GROTON AAF, CT
420308	BRANDON, GERALD A	P-40E	41-24786	GROTON AAF, CT
420313	SLOCUMB, CLYDE B JR	P-40E	40-486	GROTON AAF, CT
420319	SALISBURY, ARTHUR G	P-40E	40-499	GROTON AAF, CT
420415	SNEED, MARSHALL	P-40E	40-406	GROTON AAF, CT
420424	WYMOND, GILBERT O	P-40	40-435	BRADLEY FIELD, CT
420501	MAC QUARRIE, KENNETH R	P-40E	40-497	GROTON 2 MI N, CT
420502	KIERNAN, THOMAS	P-40E	40-486	GROTON AAF, CT
420517	WYMOND, GILBERT O	P-40E	41-36522	GROTON AAF, CT
420525	LIGETT, R E	P-40E	41-5354	BRADLEY FIELD, CT
420601	HUNDLEY, J G	P-40E	41-36499	GROTON AAF, CT
420605	CROSSLEY, H H	P-40E	41-36520	GROTON AAF, CT
430124	POLAZZI, ANDREW P	P-47B	41-6039	GROTON AAF, CT
430130	BRIGGS, EARLE W	P-47B	41-6013	GROTON AAF, CT
430131	MILESKY, WALTER S	P-47B	41-6013	GROTON AAF, CT
430203	FAHRENWALD,THEODRE P	P-47B	41-6010	GROTON AAF, CT
430208	METAGER, WILLIAM J	P-47B	41-5915	GROTON AAF, CT
430216	TUCKER, JAMES E	P-47B	41-5977	GROTON AAF, CT
430219	HIGGINS, DONALD H	P-47C	41-6276	WAKEFIELD, CT
430220	COOK, ERWIN T	P-47C	41-6273	LONG ISLAND SOUND, CT
430223	RAUK, LLOYD A	P-47C	41-6145	GROTON AAF, CT
430305	BOCK, CARL P	P-47B	41-5975	FISHERS ISLAND SOUND, CT
430320	LAWRENCE, CHESTER W	P-47B	41-5936	GROTON AAF, CT
430321	COTTER, WILLIAM W	P-47C	41-6169	GROTON AAF, CT
430322	HULL, JOHN D	P-47C	41-6170	GROTON AAF, CT
430326	BROWN, CHARLES H	P-47C	41-6144	GROTON AAF, CT
430326	ITZKOWITZ, MAX	P-47C	41-6070	GROTON AAF, CT
430330	YANKOWITZ, ROBERT B	P-47B	41-5947	GROTON AAF, CT
430402	YINGLING, LAWRENCE D	P-47B	41-5976	GROTON AAF, CT
430402	HALVERSON, ROLAND J	P-47C	41-6087	GROTON AAF, CT
430404	ECKFELDT, ROBERT T	P-47C	41-6155	GROTON AAF, CT
430404	LOFFREDO, RALPH A	P-47B	41-6000	GROTON AAF, CT
430406	CARROLL, ARTHUR C	P-47C	41-6168	GROTON AAF, CT
430409	ECKFELDT, ROBERT T	P-47C	41-6167	GROTON AAF, CT
430409	KNUDSEN, HOWARD R	P-47C	41-6297	GROTON AAF, CT
430413	CARROLL, ARTHUR C	P-47C	41-6172	GROTON AAF, CT
430413	WADLOW, JAMES H	P-47C	41-6144	GROTON AAF, CT
430414	COLEMAN, ROBERT W	P-47B	41-5998	WESTERLY 1 MI E, RI
430423	HOLTZ, RAYMOND K	P-47C	41-6163	GROTON AAF, CT
430429	GOSSELIN, RAYMOND P	P-47C	41-6166	GROTON AAF, CT
430429	FLETCHER, WESTWOOD H	P-47C	41-6436	GROTON AAF, CT
430504	BROWN, CHARLES H	P-47C	41-6154	LEDYARD, CT
430509	GARVEY, CHARLES J	P-47C	41-6429	GROTON AAF, CT
430509	HALVERSON, ROLAND J	P-47D	42-8229	GROTON AAF, CT
430513	MCELROY, HARRY J JR	P-47D	42-8241	NORTH STONINGTON, CT
430518	WOOLERY, EDWARD E	P-47C	41-6561	LONG ISLAND SOUND, CT
430518	KOCZAK, ALEXANDER S	P-47C	41-6636	LONG ISLAND SOUND, CT
430531	COOK, JAMES R	P-47C	41-6644	GROTON AAF, CT
430611	MCCULLOUGH,PHILLIP E	P-47C	41-6423	GROTON AAF, CT
430616	JOHNSON, WILLIAM E	P-47C	41-6297	GROTON AAF, CT
430621	LAWSON, STUART D	P-47C	41-6433	LONG ISLAND SOUND, CT
430623	MAXWELL, WALLACE O	P-47C	41-6422	GROTON AAF, CT
430630	COOK, JAMES R	P-47C	41-6418	GROTON AAF, CT
430804	HUBER, RICHARD	P-47C	41-6425	PERRYVILLE, CT
430804	ARMSTRONG, CHARLES M	P-47D	42-8261	PERRYVILLE, CT
430911	JENSEN, DEAN R	P-47D	42-8264	WESTOVER FIELD, MA
430912	HAERING, EDWARD CJR	P-47C	41-6570	STAR ISLAND, CT
430919	CRUTCHFIELD,WILFRD B	P-47C	41-6558	LONG ISLAND SOUND, CT
430921	BOOTH, WALTER J	P-47C	41-6169	SUFFOLK COUNTY AAF RANGE, NY
430926	PETERSON, CARROL A	P-47D	42-8268	SPENCER, MA
431024	MITCHELL, JOHN R	P-47C	41-6156	GROTON AAF, CT
431029	QUINLAN, WILLIAM T	P-47D	42-8204	SAGOPONICK, NY
431104	QUINLAN, WILLIAM T	P-47D	42-22569	GROTON AAF, CT
431110	CHILDE, MARVIN E	P-47D	42-8358	CHARLESTOWN NAAS, RI
431112	PRICE, EARL B	P-47D	42-74864	GROTON AAF, CT
431112	NURNBERG, MALCOLM L	P-47D	42-22319	GROTON AAF, CT
431114	RANDLE, EDWIN H	P-47D	42-8173	AMAGANSETT BEACH, NY
431118	WIRT, VIRGIL D	P-47C	41-6447	GROTON AAF, CT
431118	SCHULTZ, HERBERT R	P-47D	42-8218	GROTON AAF, CT
431119	REED, WILLIE S JR	P-47D	42-8172	WARTFORD, CT
431121	RANDLE, EDWIN H	P-47D	42-22569	GROTON AAF, CT
431121	RADCLIFF, FRANK B	P-47D	42-22614	GROTON AAF, CT
431202	BURNS, DEAN R	P-47D	42-22359	SUFFOLK COUNTY AAF, NY
431217	POE, CARROLL J	P-47D	42-8167	LONG ISLAND SOUND, CT
431218	BURR, MARVIN F	P-47D	42-8649	SUFFOLK COUNTY AAF, NY