Monomoy Island Gunnery Range

Monomoy Island Gunnery Range
Part of United States Navy
Chatham, Massachusetts
Type	Range
Coordinates	Coordinates: 41°33′7.79″N 70°0′2.84″W / 41.5521639°N 70.0007889°W / 41.5521639; -70.0007889
In use	194?-1944
Current owner	Chatham, Massachusetts
Open to the public	Yes
Controlled by	State of Massachusetts

The Monomoy Island Gunnery Range was a former naval gunnery range for aviators, located on Monomoy Island, in Chatham, Massachusetts. The site was principally used for machine gun target practice, and bullets and fragments can still be found on the refuge. After the was, the site became part of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge was established. On August 17th, 1948, 1st Lieutenant Edward W. Meacham, 28, of Westfield, Massachusetts was killed when his P-47 Thunderbolt failed to recover from a dive-bombing run on the range.^[1] He was a member of the 131st Fighter Squadron at the time of his death.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pauli, Lisa (August 1, 2009). "http://www.104fw.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123161522". 104th Fighter Wing Publications Office. http://www.104fw.ang.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123161522. Retrieved 2009-09-06. 

External links

• http://www.fws.gov/northeast/mainecontaminants/PDF%20files/Monomoy%20Seal%20Final%20Report_Jan%2008.pdf