Quabbin Reservoir Starfire crash site
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JIMMIV77
N 42° 24.657 W 072° 14.364
18T E 727157 N 4699097
Crash site Of Lt Dewwey Durett's F-94 Starfire
Waymark Code: WM76PQ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2009
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On the night of Febuary 14th 1955 Lt.Dewwey Durett was flying a routene training mission out of Barnes Air Reserve Base in Westfield Massachusetts when his F-94's engine failed. Lt Durett sucessfully ejected over Pelham Before ejecting he put the aircraft into a dive into the unpopulated Reservoir. He saw no explosion and just the crash so he assumed that the aircraft had crashed through the ice into the Quabbins depths. The aircraft was not discovered for over five years.
Date of Crash: 02/14/1955
Aircraft Model: Lockheed F-94 Starfire
Military or Civilian: Military
Tail Number: unknown
Cause of Crash:
Unknown,I belive it to have run out of fuel
Web Address for Related Web Sites: Not listed
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