Captain Robert W. Touchette - Marlborough, MA
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N 42° 20.766 W 071° 33.201
19T E 289680 N 4691362
A monument honoring Captain Robert W. Touchette, who intentionally crashed his disabled plane to avoid civilian casualties, is located on the south side of US Route 20, West Main Street, in Marlborough, MA.
Waymark Code: WMW91F
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2017
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A monument honoring Captain Robert W. Touchette was erected on November 11, 2000by the Marlboro High School class of 1949. Captain Touchette was flying a F-38 Saber Jet out Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, AL. Shortly after taking off the jet lost power. Touchette refused to eject because he feared the jet would crash into a residential area. Instead, he glided the plane away from the homes and into the Alabama River. He was killed on impact.
The monument in has an incised image of a F-38 Saber Jet and is inscribed:
DEDICATED TO
USAF CAPTAIN
RED
ROBERT W. TOUCHETTE
BORN AUGUST 31, 1931
KILLED JANUARY 27, 1962
SACRIFICED HIS LIFE BY
DIVING HIS DISABLED F-86 JET
INTO THE ALABAMA RIVER TO
AVOID A POPULATED AREA
38 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER KOREA
A TRUE HERO REMEMBERED
BY HIS MARLBOROUGH HIGH
1949 CLASSMATES
NOVEMBER 11, 2000
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