Near Massey in Kent County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Chance-Vought F4U-1 Corsair
Chance-Vought F4U Corsair
WWII - Korean War Fighter
Marked as flown in 1949 by
Alberto H. Santa Maria
Commander U.S. Navy
1924 - 2010
Kent County, MD Resident
Member of the Massey Air Museum
Naval Aviator (F6F "Hellcat", F4U-5 "Corsair" & helicopters)
Senior Test Pilot for Boeing-Vertol (First to fly 1000 experimental hours in CH-47 "Chinook").
Engineering Test Pilot for All American Engineering.
Member Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
Deck Strike accident aboard the USS Palau (CVE-122) in 1949. While on a cruise off Newfoundland with Flight Test Sqdn. VX-3 out of Atlantic City, NJ, (then) Lt. Santa Maria received an early cut command from the Landing Signal Officer (LSO) with the result seen here however, the LSO, not Santa Maria was held responsible. While this could have been a fatal accident, it was not due to poor airmanship. It is a dramatic photo and Alberto liked to show the picture and recount this story and many others. After 11 years on active duty in the Navy, Alberto went on to have a distinguished career as a helicopter test pilot.
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Location. 39° 18.169′ N, 75° 48.034′ W. Marker is near Massey, Maryland, in Kent County. It is on Maryland Line Road (Route 330) 1.6 miles east of Galena Road (Maryland Route 313), on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 33541 Maryland Line Rd, Massey MD 21650, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, on the Delmarva Peninsula, in the Tidewater, and in the Chesapeake Bay Region. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1937 Douglas DC-3 (within shouting distance of this marker); Meet our AN-2 (about 400 feet away, measured
Credits. This page was last revised on January 4, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 469 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 2, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
