The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-17
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 Terryville, June 1.-Two boy3lood chums were killed late Saturday when a tandem plane, an Interstate cadet training ship, plunged into the ground three minutes after 1t had taken of at Mt Tobe Airport, in this town.
 The two chums, Robert w. Haynes, 18, and Raymond M. Em- mons, l7, both of the Todd Hollow District, were killed in the second serious airplane crash to happen at the airport in recent months.
 Haynes, the pilot, had received his license last Thursday. Emmons was accompanying him as a student pilot.
 Skulls Fractured
 Dr. Lloyd M. Wilcox of Terryville who was called to the scene said the two died of fractured skulls.
 The plane was owned by Marshall and Henriette Allaban, operators of the airport. State Police were called to the scene immediately. It. Paul Lavin of the Litchfleld Barracks stated that the ship was flying in northerly direction over the field when 1t suddenly went into tight vertical bank and spun 10 the ground, the nose of the craft driving into the ground
 Nathan Rowley of Thomaston, who maintains a plane at the field, said the ship after taking of came in from the south end of the field, went to the northeast section and while attempting to turn in 8 southerly direction 1t went into a spin from which 1t did not emerge.
 Two sisters, Ruth and Irene Bird sal of Park Road, Watertown, said they witnessed the crash as they were driving along Mattatuck Road, leading to Camp Mattatuck. The craft had circled the field and was over their car, they said, when the motor stalled and the plane headed for disaster.
 Emm0nS Thrown From Plane
 Emmons was tossed out of the craft. and his body was found lying on the struts of the plane, dis- tance of five feet. The body of Haynes remained In the ship. The 66 horsepower engine was telescoped into the cockpit.
 Haynes was the son of MT. and Mrs. Russell P. Haynes of South Town Hill Road. He was born in Waterbury and came to this town with his parents when he was eight years old. He received his educa- ton in the local schools and was a member Of the Junior class Of Terryville High School.
 He had been interested in flying and had been an airport attendant at the field for nearly three years He had been student at the field for the last two years. Haynes, a witness at the crash May 3l in which two Long Islanders escaped serious injury, had scores of models of various makes of planes at his home
 The funeral will be held from the Alderson Funeral Home on Central Avenue, Waterbury, Tuesday at 2 P. M., with the Rev Louis Belden, rector Of st. Marks Episcopal Church of this town. officiating. The body will be cremated.
 He leaves his mother and father, one sister. Elizabeth; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Maud Hager of Milford; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ann Haynes of MiddletoWn, N. J.
 Terryville Native
 EmmonS was born July %, 1928 in Terryville, the son of Raymond and Doris (Beatrice) Em- mons. He has made his home with his uncle and aunt. MT. and Mrs. George Emrnons, of Todd Hollow Road. He received his education in the local schools and was employed at the Waterbury Manufacturing Company, learning the tool making trade.
 The funeral services will be con- ducted at the Scott Funeral Home at e9 Main Street, Terryville, Tues day at 2:60 P. M,, with the Rev. Sumner Johnson. pastor Of the Terryville Congregational Church, officiating. Burial will be In Hill. side cemetery.
 Emmons was a member of Com. pany E, State Guard. of, Bristol.
 Third MiShap in Two Months
 The plane crash Saturday night was the third accident at the air. port in the past two months.
 On April l4, Earl Bertrand Of Thomaston waS killed while his companion, Albert Maiga, also sof Thomaston, was injured.
 On May 3l, William P. Mcdonald of Sayville, L. T., and his compan- ion, Mary Leon of Neponset, L. l., were both treated for contusions and lacerations, when the plane nose-dived into the earth when about 30 feet from the ground. Miss Leon sustained a broken nose in the accident.
 Last Thursday night plane, flown by Ronald Pathway Of Thom- aston, and which operated from Mt. Tobe Airport craSh- Handed on the Torrington- -Winsted highway. Pathway and his passenger were uninjured but the craft was dam aged. Considerable damage was caused to telephone service in the northern section of the State when