Dennison Airport

Dennison Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Operator	Private
Location	Quincy, Massachusetts
Built	Unknown
In use	1926-Before 1941
Occupants	Private
Elevation AMSL	3 ft / 1 m
Coordinates	42°17′26.62″N 71°1′30.16″W

Dennison Airport was an airfield operational in the mid-20th century in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States.[1]

History

In 1927, a small civilian airfield was established at Squantum near the intersection of East Squantum Street and Quincy Shore Drive. Amelia Earhart, when she lived in Medford, Massachusetts, was a share-holding director and helped finance the construction of the airport. She also flew on the first official flight out of the airport on September 3, 1927.[2][3] On September 28, 1927, Thea Rasche, a famous German aviator, crashed at Dennison Airport while attempting to land her Flamingo biplane [4] The plane was damaged, but Rasche was uninjured. Dennison Airport closed down in 1942[1] and its land was taken over by the Navy for the expansion of the Naval Air Station Squantum.

See also

• Naval Air Station Squantum

References

1. "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Boston area". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. February 26, 2012. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
2. Chaisson, Stephanie, "Squantum has a hold on its residents" Archived 2012-09-09 at archive.today, The Patriot Ledger newspaper, Quincy, Massachusetts, July 12, 2007
3. Long, Marie K., Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved, Simon and Schuster, 2000. ISBN 0-7432-0217-1. Confer page 38. "She had joined the Boston Chapter of the National Aeronautic Association and had somehow managed to find a few dollars to invest in Harold T. Dennison's new airport near Quincy, Massachusetts"
4. New York Times, “Thea Rasche Crashes”, September 29, 1927.