from FindAGrave member Molly Daniel # 47225839:
Additional information about the loss of John Roe is found on the website of New England Aviation History (https://www.newenglandaviationhistory.com/atlantic-ocean-february-1-1945/), as follows:
On the night of February 1, 1945, Ensign John M. Roe, age 22, took off from Charlestown Auxiliary Naval Air Station in Charlestown, Rhode Island, for a night training flight. He was piloting an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 41144).
On the same night, Ensign Robert L. Herren, age 23, also left Charlestown on a night training flight in an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 42776). It is unknown if both aircraft were part of the same training flight.
About 25 miles off Nantucket Light, two aircraft were seen by ships in the area to crash in the ocean, but in different proximity to each other. Search and rescue operations were instituted, but neither aircraft nor the pilots were recovered.
There is a memorial erected to Ensign Roe at the New Weston Cemetery, in Weston, Ohio. See www.findagrave.com, memorial #121796478.
There is a memorial to Ensign Herren at the Abilene Cemetery in Abilene, Kansas. See www.findagrave.com, memorial #38430818
Ensign Roe and Ensign Herren are also listed on the memorial at the former Charlestown Aux. NAS, today known as Ninigret Park.
Sources:
National Archives TD 450201RI
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from FindAGrave member KLSchepler
Graduated Whitmer High School, Class of 1940.
Additional information about the loss of John Roe is found on the website of New England Aviation History (https://www.newenglandaviationhistory.com/atlantic-ocean-february-1-1945/), as follows:
On the night of February 1, 1945, Ensign John M. Roe, age 22, took off from Charlestown Auxiliary Naval Air Station in Charlestown, Rhode Island, for a night training flight. He was piloting an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 41144).
On the same night, Ensign Robert L. Herren, age 23, also left Charlestown on a night training flight in an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 42776). It is unknown if both aircraft were part of the same training flight.
About 25 miles off Nantucket Light, two aircraft were seen by ships in the area to crash in the ocean, but in different proximity to each other. Search and rescue operations were instituted, but neither aircraft nor the pilots were recovered.
There is a memorial erected to Ensign Roe at the New Weston Cemetery, in Weston, Ohio. See www.findagrave.com, memorial #121796478.
There is a memorial to Ensign Herren at the Abilene Cemetery in Abilene, Kansas. See www.findagrave.com, memorial #38430818
Ensign Roe and Ensign Herren are also listed on the memorial at the former Charlestown Aux. NAS, today known as Ninigret Park.
Sources:
National Archives TD 450201RI
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from FindAGrave member KLSchepler
Graduated Whitmer High School, Class of 1940.
from FindAGrave member Molly Daniel # 47225839:
Additional information about the loss of John Roe is found on the website of New England Aviation History (https://www.newenglandaviationhistory.com/atlantic-ocean-february-1-1945/), as follows:
On the night of February 1, 1945, Ensign John M. Roe, age 22, took off from Charlestown Auxiliary Naval Air Station in Charlestown, Rhode Island, for a night training flight. He was piloting an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 41144).
On the same night, Ensign Robert L. Herren, age 23, also left Charlestown on a night training flight in an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 42776). It is unknown if both aircraft were part of the same training flight.
About 25 miles off Nantucket Light, two aircraft were seen by ships in the area to crash in the ocean, but in different proximity to each other. Search and rescue operations were instituted, but neither aircraft nor the pilots were recovered.
There is a memorial erected to Ensign Roe at the New Weston Cemetery, in Weston, Ohio. See www.findagrave.com, memorial #121796478.
There is a memorial to Ensign Herren at the Abilene Cemetery in Abilene, Kansas. See www.findagrave.com, memorial #38430818
Ensign Roe and Ensign Herren are also listed on the memorial at the former Charlestown Aux. NAS, today known as Ninigret Park.
Sources:
National Archives TD 450201RI
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from FindAGrave member KLSchepler
Graduated Whitmer High School, Class of 1940.
Additional information about the loss of John Roe is found on the website of New England Aviation History (https://www.newenglandaviationhistory.com/atlantic-ocean-february-1-1945/), as follows:
On the night of February 1, 1945, Ensign John M. Roe, age 22, took off from Charlestown Auxiliary Naval Air Station in Charlestown, Rhode Island, for a night training flight. He was piloting an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 41144).
On the same night, Ensign Robert L. Herren, age 23, also left Charlestown on a night training flight in an F6F-3N Hellcat, (Bu. No. 42776). It is unknown if both aircraft were part of the same training flight.
About 25 miles off Nantucket Light, two aircraft were seen by ships in the area to crash in the ocean, but in different proximity to each other. Search and rescue operations were instituted, but neither aircraft nor the pilots were recovered.
There is a memorial erected to Ensign Roe at the New Weston Cemetery, in Weston, Ohio. See www.findagrave.com, memorial #121796478.
There is a memorial to Ensign Herren at the Abilene Cemetery in Abilene, Kansas. See www.findagrave.com, memorial #38430818
Ensign Roe and Ensign Herren are also listed on the memorial at the former Charlestown Aux. NAS, today known as Ninigret Park.
Sources:
National Archives TD 450201RI
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from FindAGrave member KLSchepler
Graduated Whitmer High School, Class of 1940.
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