This is the second in a series.
A May Speakeasy article in The SandPaper by Garrett Filemyr about a little-known 1945 mass air crash in Ocean County started a deep dive into the facts. After coming up short searching Wikipedia and a list of New Jersey air disasters along with the Navy’s reported 1945 crashes, and asking local experts, the only success came with old newspapers.
“Special to the New York Times, Atlantic City March 15th Two Navy fighter planes crashed this afternoon, 10 miles north of here, and two others are…
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